Happy Birthday, Addy!
A Springtime Story
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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.
African AmericansBirthdaysFictionFriendshipHistoryJuvenile fictionPrejudicesSlaveryUnited StatesUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865African Americans -- Juvenile fictionFugitive slaves