By: William Choi

March 17, 2011

Happy Birthday,Addy!Book review

Background Information• Author: Connie Porter

• Setting: Philadelphia, PA,1864,during the Civil War

• Series: American Girls Collection

Main Characters

• Addy -- an African girl named Addy who loved jump roping. She didn’t know her birthday.

• Pa – Addy’s father; used to be a slave in the South but ran away to the North

• Momma – Addy’s mother; also used to be a slave in the South but ran away to the North

• M’Dear – Addy’s elderly friend who lives upstairs

• Sarah Moore – Addy’s best friend

Summary

• Addy needed to get medicine for M’Dear because she was sick

• The clerk helped all other customers but ignored Addy because she was black

• When he finally asked what they wanted, he was very rude and threw the medicine on the counter.

• On the streetcar the conductor said no blacks were allowed. So Addy got off and ran home.

• At the end the South surrendered and the war ended• Addy picked April 9, the day the war ended, as her

birthday because she was so happy

What I likedWhat I liked about this book is it is teaching

us that race doesn’t matter, and all human beings have feelings.

What I hated

What I didn’t like about this this that it was a girls’ book but it was interesting to find out

what girls read. Very interesting!!