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Addy Learns A Lesson (American Girl Collection) Paperback – September 1, 1993

by Connie Porter (Author), Dahl Taylor (Illustrator)
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Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia to begin life as free people. Everything is new to them in the big city. Addy is happy--she has a friend for the first time, Sarah, and she is learning to read and write. In school, Addy sits next to Harriet. Harriet is smart, wealthy, and popular. She has the life that Addy thought freedom would bring her. Addy hopes to be friends with Sarah and Harriet, but she ends up having to choose between them. Addy's choice teaches her about real friendship and real freedom.
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 10 years
  2. Book 2 of 6
    American Girl: Addy
  3. Print length
    88 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 4
  6. Lexile measure
    660L
  7. Dimensions
    6.13 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
  8. Publisher
    Pleasant Company
  9. Publication date
    September 1, 1993
  10. ISBN-10
    1562470779
  11. ISBN-13
    978-1562470777
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pleasant Company; First Thus edition (September 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1562470779
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1562470777
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 10 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 660L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 4
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

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Connie Rose Porter

Connie Rose Porter

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I spent my youth in Lackawanna, NY trying to figure out a way to dream my way out of the poverty I grew up in. I’ve spent a good portion of my adult life dreaming my way back into that life. No matter what characters I have written about from All-Bright Court to the Addy series, I have used the voice I have to give a voice to characters who I feel did not, or would not have had a voice within the circumstances of their worlds.

Quirky Facts About Me:

I’m a science geek.

I listen to old time radio shows.

I love okra.

I survived the Jheri Curl wars.

I’ve been known to listen to Broadway show tunes—and sing along.

When I was younger I would kiss the cover of books I loved.

If I could have married these men, I would have—Sam Cooke, Groucho Marx, Muhammad Ali.

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Ggof5gbabies
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023
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My gbabies love these books about Addy they get loss into the story. Like pulling teeth trying to have them to do something when they’re reading Addy books.
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smooches
5.0 out of 5 stars good work
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2014
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the addy tales can help you expose your child to an ugly period in american history. young people experience negative feelings when slavery is disgusted for obvious reasons. addy tales discuss the period relatively honestly minus the terror.
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Kristen M.
5.0 out of 5 stars I have enjoyed these books immensely
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2014
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I love reading the stories with my daughter. These books may be the best AG series. I would definitely recommend these riveting stories to anyone
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sarahB
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016
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Suzette Jordan
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Claire
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter loves this
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2012
It is so rare that girls of color are able to see themselves in fiction liturature. Addy is a likable character that engages girls, exposes them to history and helps them think about the person they would like to become. If your daughter likes Addy, she will love Princess Kandake of Nubia. The reading level is higher than that of Addy, but well worth the challenge. Princess Kandake: Warrior By Choice....Appointed to Rule
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Robin Orlowski
5.0 out of 5 stars The best lessons never are confined to the schoolhouse
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2004
For the first time in her life, Addy Walker attends school. Her mother (unable to read or write herself)gave her daughter a special dress to wear so she can successfully represent the family's rapidly rising expectations in Philadelphia.

In addition to formal educational instruction, Addy learns that not every person is friendly and bigotry is not confined to white southerners whom she had escaped from in the first book (Meet Addy). For whatever reason, some other African Americans look down upon people trying to escape slavery and obtain their freedom.

A classmate named Harriet openly pretends she is better than other classmates because her family has enjoyed freedom longer. The teacher's quick intervention reminds students in 19th century America that all African Americans are subordinated and freedom depends on each student working together inside their community. In this high pressure environment intra-communty attacks are not appropriate because all African Americans (including the attack initator) will be rendered vulnerable to discrimination.

Thus, Addy practices her lessons by teaching her mother how to read using dough in their boarding house room. Possessing maturity beyond her physical years, Addy understands her mom also needs to read. In addition to increasing her employability this will enable the mother/daughter relationship to remain as the two live and work in Philadelphia. If only Addy knew how to read, the mother would become disproportionately dependent upon her own daughter for basic survival needs.

The segregated northern schooling where Addy recieves the coveted education might be difficult to explain to some young people who had grown up believing the South only had the practice, but this title is another prize addition to the American Girls series.

Examining American history through the eyes of a young girl, Porter reassures her pre-adolescent target audience things are not always supposed to be easily understood upon first encounter. The most endearing lessons have several moral and ethical angles.
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Veronica P. Garrett
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2009
This book is about a girl named Addy. She and her mom had just made it to Philadelphia. Everything is strange and frigtening. She and her mom can't read, but Addy gets a chance to go to school for the very first time. In this book, Addy learns the meaning of friendship.
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