AR: 4.3

AR: 4.3

American Girls series. Includes “A Peek Into The Past, a nonfiction description of the time period.

Addy and her parents have moved to a boarding house. There Addy meets an inspiring friend, M'dear. Like many people who grew up enslaved, Addy doesn't know when she was born, so M'dear urges Addy to claim a day for her birthday.

This is a double of a book in my classroom library. Addy faces a great deal of predjudice in Philadelphia, but she learns new wisdom from a new boarder at the boarding house where she lives- M’dear. Her father finally finds a carpenter job that will take an African American man. When the Cival War ends, Addy has finally found the perfect day for her birthday. ( )