Who Is Carrie? (Arabus Family Saga) [Paperback]

James Collier (Author), Christopher Collier (Author)

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Publication Date: December 26, 2001 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Arabus Family Saga (Book 3)

Carrie has been a kitchen slave in Sam Fraunces's  tavern in New York City for as long as she can  remember. But after she narrowly escapes a  kidnapper, Carrie becomes more curious about her mysterious  past. After all, she doesn't even know her own  last name.



When her friend Dan  Arabus comes to town, he talks about his dream of  buying his mother's freedom with the Continental notes  his father left him. Deciding to help Dan  discover how much the notes are worth, Carrie finds  herself eavesdropping on Thomas Jefferson, Alexander  Hamilton, and President Washington himself. What's  more, Carrie also stumbles upon the startling  truth about her own family.

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Carrie has been a kitchen slave in Sam Fraunces's tavern in New York City for as long as she can remember. But after she narrowly escapes a kidnapper, Carrie becomes more curious about her mysterious past. After all, she doesn't even know her own last name.

When her friend Dan Arabus comes to town, he talks about his dream of buying his mother's freedom with the Continental notes his father left him. Deciding to help Dan discover how much the notes are worth, Carrie finds herself eavesdropping on Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and President Washington himself. What's more, Carrie also stumbles upon the startling truth about her own family.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (December 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375895035
• ISBN-13: 978-0375895036
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,275,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read Book.....WHO IS CARRIE?, January 11, 2002

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This review is from: Who Is Carrie? (Hardcover)

This fabulous book is about a kitchen slave named Carrie, who worked in Sam Fraunce's Tavern for as long as she can remember. After Carrie gets kidnapped and almost sold off to the West Indies, she realizes that she doesn't even know her own last name, or who her true family was.When Carrie's long time friend Dan Arabus comes to town, they talk about how Dan has alomost $300 in "notes" because Dan's father Jack Arabus fought in the Revolutionary War. So basically a "note" is an I OWE YOU from the Government.Jack Arabus died fighting in the Revolution so Dan got all of his fathers notes.
After talking to Dan, Carrie decides that she really has got to find out who she is, and if she is a slave or not.Once I finished reading this beutiful Historical Fiction Novel I then realized the hardships of slavery. I would recommend this book to all ages and bothe males, and females because this book was easy to understand, yet it was somewhat hard to read with the old 1800's accents and dialects of the Northern Colonies. Also elders would would probably remeber a little about slavery because this went on until the 1950's, ofcourse it was not as bad as it was in the 1800's but still slavery was indeed around then, so they could have a great time reading this book about how slavery was in the 1800's compared to the 1950's. I had to rate this book a four and one half stars because it was just a mystery until the very end and this just made me want to read it more and more so I could find out who carrie was and if she was a slave or not. Now you know how good of a book this was, and you should read it, and trust me, you will be more than happy that you read this amazing part of American History.