Chains (novel) Author Laurie Halse Anderson Series Seeds of America Genre Historical fiction Published October 2008 Simon & Schuster, Atheneum Media type Hardcover & Paperback Click to see full answer. Regarding this, who is the book chains by? Laurie Halse Anderson Furthermore, is the book chains based on a true story? The book Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is based around both of these times. Although other parts of her book may be fictional, the events that happened in her book were in fact real events. Throughout the book, the big events that are happening at that time are the American Revolution and slavery. Keeping this in consideration, who published the book speak? Speak (Anderson novel) Book cover of 1st edition Author Laurie Halse Anderson Genre Fiction Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux Publication date 1999 Where does the book chains start?The story begins with Isabel and her sister in Rhode Island. The two girls believe that they are free; however, through a turn of events, they are sold back into slavery at the Lockton household. The Lockton family lives in Manhattan.
