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Book

Shadows on Society Hill : an Addy mystery

Call Numbers

  • J COLE (CEN)
  • PBK J COLE (OSH)

Publication Information

Middleton, WI : Pleasant, c2007.

Physical Description

180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.

Audience

009-up.

Summary

When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.

Notes

"American girl."

Subjects

Added Authors

Jean-Paul Tibbles