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Chapter 1- I thought it was mean of Isabel and Ruth's owner to not listen to them or look at the will of their previous owner before selling them to new owners. In this will, it says that Ruth and Isabel are to be freed at her death. I predict that they will run away on their way to the auction.

Chapter 2- Isabel asks the pastor who is burying Miss Finch (Ruth and Isabel's previous owner) what she should do now that she is free. I do not think that Isabel realizes just how pointless of a thing that that was to say to a white man. She doesn't understand her place in life (being a slave) and cannot ask questions like this. I predict that she will push the limits of what she can do and be punished for it.

Chapter 3- I think that Jenny the restuarant waitress/cook was really nice and I'm glad that Isabel and Ruth were not split up in the sale. At first i thought that the Locktons seemed really nice but soon figured out that they are not at all. I predict that Jenny will help rescue the girls sometime later in the book.

Chapter 4- The Locktons are the girls' new owners. I do not think that the Lockton's will treat Ruth and Isabel well based on the fact that they forced them to ride in the cargo hold of a ship with farm animals. I also think that Isabel will prove to be a rebel because she wasn't allowed to leave the cargo hold, but she went on the deck at nightime anyway.

Chapter 5- Madam Lockton is mean and I think she will do far worse to the girls that slapping Isabel for believing that she laughed at her. I believe the other slave boy will become their friend and help them escape and go with them.

Chapter 6- The slave boy seems like he is a smart kid and knows that if Isabel spies on the Lockton's that they could be freed. I believe that Isabel will trust this boy too much and end up getting in trouble because of him.

Chapter 7- Isabel arrives at her new house in New York. She begins to learn the ropes of the house from a woman named Becky, who sort of acts like her boss. Becky works for the Lockton's but lives in a boardinghouse. She is not a slave. Becky seems very nice and seems like she can be trusted. I predict that Becky will become a friend to the girls.

Chapter 8- Madam, the girl's new owner, turned out to be very mean to Isabel. However, she is strangly very nice to Ruth. Ruth sort of becomes Madams "pet" and spends alot of time with her, which bothers Isabel. I predict that while with the Madam, Ruth will do something bad and get beaten for it.

Chapter 9- Isabel, while feeding her master, overhears her master talking about bribing some of the patriot army to work for the British. Isabel seemed happy to have stumbled onto something to tell the slave boy about. She wants to be free and sees information as a way to get what she wants. I predict that she will go and tell the slave boy what she has learned.

Chapter 10- My predictions were correct that Isabel was going to tell the Bellingham slave boy about the plans she had overheard and that Ruth would be beaten. Isabel is becoming very focused on earning her freedom. I predict that someone will find out about Isabel sneaking out and spying on her master.

Chapter 11- It thought that it was too good to be true that Isabel had already found Mr. Lockton to be a Loyalist. Althought I thought someone would be more suspicious of Isabel, no one seems to question her loyalty at all. I predict that Mr. Lockton won't get caught on these charges.

Chapter 12- Isabel is getting more freedom. I'm glad that she got to eat something good at Lady Seymour's house while running an errand for Madam. Lady Semour seems nice, but she is a Loyalist so she cannot be trusted. I predict that Isabel will tell Lady Seymour something that she shouldn't tell, and she will get into big trouble.

Chapter 13- Isabel is testing her luck by sneaking around like she does. I believe that she will get caught by someone that isn't her owner. It was nice of her to make her sister a doll, but I fear that Madam will burn it.

Chapter 14- Mr. Lockton is evil, but is a very sly, smart man. He knows that the Revolution is led by George Washington and by killing him, they think they can kill the revolution and become heroes. I predict that Isabel will sneak out and tell the slave boy, Curzon, about the plot.

Chapter 15- I felt bad about Ruth having a seizure and even worse about how Madam treated it. Madam started hitting Ruth because she thought the seizure was caused by a devil inside her. She also threatened to sell Ruth, which made Isabel very angry. I predict that Isabel will try to find a way to escape sooner now that she is scared that her sister Ruth will be sold.

Chapter 16- Isabel was brave to go out after slave curfew and go to the military base. She told Colonel Regan about Mr. Lockton and his friends' plot to kill George Washington. She is now hopeful that she will be freed, but my prediction is that she and Ruth will not be freed because the patriots just want the information and don't really care about the slaves.

Chapter 17- We now know that Mr. Lockton has connections that spread out very far because of all of the people who came together to help him escape from New York. Isabel witnessed how Mr. Lockton escaped and I believe that she will go tell Colonel Regan where to find him.

Chapter 18- Becky tells Isabel to take her sister and go watch the hanging of one of George Washington's body guards, who was in on the plot with Mr. Lockton. After not being able to watch the hanging, I do not think that Isabel has the stomach to do something radical enough to allow her and her sister to escape. I predict that Madam will be angry with the girls for going to where the hanging was taking place.

Chapter 19- The British Navy invaded the harbour around New York. In the confusion, I thought that Isabel and Ruth should have taken the opportunity to run. After hearing the cannon shot, Ruth has another mini-seizure and Madam is mad about it. I believe that Isabel needs to escape with Ruth very soon or else Ruth will be sold.

Chapter 20- Strangely, the Madam makes the girl's cookies and spiced milk. I think something must be going on for Madam to do anything nice for the girls. I am scared that Ruth will have a seizure with Madam and be sold. Madam has a card party, and I predict that Isabel will try to find out who is playing cards with the Madam.

Chapter 21- Isabel wakes up and Ruth cannot be found. After Becky tells Isabel that Ruth was sold, Isabel is furious. She figures out that Madam also put something in the milk that put the girls to sleep. She is so mad that she goes off on Madam and gets into a fight. Isabel takes her chance to run but is cuaght and thrown in prison. I predict that Isabel will be sold to the same place as Ruth and find her sister and escape.

Chapter 22- The jail does not treat Isabel well. She is a mess and cannot stop thinking about her sister and the Madam. She will have to go on trail later and i hope that they do not kill her. I predict that she will get a punishment of some kind that is very painful.

Chapter 23- Isabel's punishment was to get branded with an "I" on her face. I feel sad for her, because branding was a really mean and painful thing for the Lockton's to do to her. My prediction is that Isabel will be calm for awhile after this event. I think after ahile, she will try to get her sister back.

Chapter 24- Isabel wakes up 6 days later and is told that she has been unconsious and has been sick. I feel really bad now that I know how hard everything has been on her. I fear that Madam Lockton will be meaner than ever and she will never get to see her sister Ruth again.

Chapter 25- Isabel has become a drone and does not care about anything anymore. She just does her chores without saying a word. Curzon keeps trying to talk to her, but she won't respond. He tells her that her sister is in a different place than she thought which is good. But then he asks Isabel to spy again and she gets mad and walks away. I predict that Isabel will end up spying again.

Chapter 26- There is a big storm and the British start to show signs of movement. When Isabel is ordered to go get water, she hears a conversation about slaves being freed to go in the army for the British. The gradfather tells her to look for her River Jordan. I predict that Isabel will try to join the army to free herself.

Chapter 27- The British and Rebels fight and the British slaughter the Rebels. Isabel wonders if she should run away to help the British. She also sees Curzon and he isn't hurt after the battle. I predict that there will be more battles.

Chapter 28- Isabel gets her chance to run away to the British. She decides to run and hides out in an abandoned shop to try to not be seen. I predict that she will be shot.

Chapter 29- Isabel approaches a British cammander and tries to get him to take her but he won't because she belongs to a loyalist. Mr. Lockton then comes ashore and sees her. She gets out of the trouble by showing him the note. She may have gotten out of it for now but Madam may have a different idea.

Chapter 30- Lady Seymour needs Isabel to serve her so Madam reluctantly agrees to loan her to Lady Seymour. She goes there and serves them. I predict that Madam will get mad and tak eIsabel back.

Chapter 31- While at Lady Seymour's, Isabel wakes up and the whole city is on fire. She goes to get Lady Seymour out of her room and saves her from the fire. I think that both of them will come back to the Lockton house.

Chapter 32- Isabel and Lady Seymour go back to the Lockton Estate. The Lockton house was overrun by British soldiers. Isabel misses her sister's doll that was burned in the fire. I predic t that Isabel will go back and look for her doll.

Chapter 33- Isabel goes on serving the soldiers and Lady Seymour buys her a coat. She runs down to see what the commotion is and finds that a whole bunch of rebel soldiers had been captured and were being put in prison. I predict that Isabel will go to the prison.

Chapter 34- The Lockton's decide to have a big dinner party to celebrate the British victory. She worked like a dog and left the food scraps in a bowl behind a bush for later.I bet she will take the food to the prison.

Chapter 35- Isabel finally gets her chance to go take the food scraps that she had saved to the rebel soldier/prisoners. She finds out that Curzon is OK and that the men are nice. I predict that she will try to go back.

Chapter 36- Lady Seymour sends Isabel on an errand to go get her something to read. Before Isabel leaves, Lady Seymour tells her that she knows that she had been feeding the prisoners and to be careful about it. She hears the same message from the store owner. I predic that she will stop taking food.

Chapter 37- Isabel visits the prison but finds that Curzon is in bad shape. She convays a message to their commander. The Madam and Master get into a big fight towards the end of the chapter over Master going to London and Isabel begins reading __Common Sense__. I think that Isabel will become more of a Patriot supporter.

Chapter 38- It is Christmas and after serving the Christmas meal, Isabel has the shole day off. She walks around town, then goes home, makes a dessert, then takes it to the "burnt over" district and gives it to a deserving family. She feels good about herself. I think that she might get in trouble for doing this act.

Chapter 39- Isabel goes to the market to help Sarah carry fish. She finds out that Madam said that she wasn't allowed at the water pump anymore. She also passes a note to the prisoners saying that the rebs had won a battle. I belive that Madam will find out that she has been helping the prisoners.

Chapter 40- Sarah's baby is born and she moves out. Isabel tends to Lady Seymour in her last days. Lady Seymour tells her that she wanted to buy her buy couldn't. I predict that Lady Seymour will die soon.

Chapter 41- Isabel is told that she is to clean Lady Seymour's room so that Madam can take it. Madam also tells Isabel to get her some new dresses for the Queen's ball. I predict that during this ball, Isabel will run away for good.

Chapter 42- Isabel kept tending to Lady Seymour and Madam and her tailor kept meeting. Isabel finished __Common Sense__. She helps Captain Morse settle a bet. At the end, Madam finds something out and slaps Isabel. I predic t that Madam found out about her talking to the comanders.

Chapter 43- Madam found out that Isabel had been passing notes. She locked Isabel in the potato crate. Isabel got out and found a map and a fee slave pass. I predict that Isabel will get Curzon before she runs away.

Chapter 44- Isabel takes money from Lady Seymour and then leaves. She goes to the jail to try to get Curzon. She gets him outside. I predict that they will make it out of the city safely.

Chapter 45- Curzon and Isabel slip past the guards and row across the river to Jersey. I liked this book alot, in the sequel I think that ISabel and Curzon will go get Isabel's sister and be free. Great job with the analysis and the predictions: 50/50