In 1866, eleven-year-old Addy and her family gather in Cape Island, later known as Cape May, New Jersey, where she encounters an impoverished white girl who treats her badly.
Before they can make the attempt, Master Stevens decides to sell some of his slaves and the family is separated. American Girls Collection/Addy #1.
... Moberly Art Directed by Joshua Mjaanes Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Porter , Connie Rose , 1959Addy's wedding quilt / by Connie Porter ; illustrations , Dahl Taylor ; vignettes , Susan McAliley . p . cm .
Addy's jubilation over her family's new freedoms is cut short by the news that President Lincoln has been shot and killed and she fears that freedom will never really come.
Relates the adventures of Addy Walker, a young girl who escaped her life as a slave in North Carolina and moved to freedom in Philadelphia.
An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who scatter at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive, and to reunite.
All six books in an attractive slipcase.
Cooper gives me my phone and runs a hand through his neatly cropped sandy hair. “I don't think so. He just drank a cup of water an' fell over.” “Maybe it was something he had with lunch,” Ms. Grayson says.
From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be ...
From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Give Me Your Hand: the searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as "Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad.
Edited by Roberta Johnson Designed by Myland McRevey and Jane S. Varda Art Directed by Kathleen A. Brown and Jane S. Varda Cover Background by Dahl Taylor Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publications Data Porter , Connie Rose ...