Happy Birthday, Addy!

Description:

In the spring of 1865, Addy finds inspiration from a new friend and chooses a birthday for herself as she and her parents try to shape a new life of freedom in Philadelphia despite the racial prejudice they encounter throughout the city.

subjects: African Americans,  Birthdays,  Fiction,  Friendship,  History,  Juvenile fiction,  Prejudices,  Slavery,  United States,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  African Americans -- Juvenile fiction,  Fugitive slaves,  African Americans -- Fiction,  Prejudices -- Fiction,  Friendship -- Fiction,  Birthdays -- Fiction,  Slavery -- Fiction,  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction,  Juvenile Historical Fiction,  Children: Grades 3-4,  Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction,  Historical - United States - General,  People & Places - United States - African-American,  Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism,  Afro-Americans,  Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical,  Ethnic - African American,  Social Situations - Friendship,  Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism,  Social Issues - Friendship,  1000blackgirlbooks,  Children's fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction,  Birthdays, fiction

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865