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Meet Addy: An American Girl
Children's fiction
Meet Addy: An American Girl
Book 1 of the American Girl: Addy series
69 pages · First published 1993
Nine-year-old Addy Walker is enslaved with her family on a North Carolina plantation during the Civil War. When violence and forced separation make their situation unbearable, Addy and her mother escape toward freedom, leaving loved ones behind and facing enormous danger on the journey north. Reaching Philadelphia brings safety from slavery but not an end to uncertainty, grief, or the search for missing family members. Connie Porter opens Addy’s American Girl series with a child-centered account of slavery and emancipation that emphasizes family bonds, courage, literacy, and the meaning of freedom.
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Slavery and exploitation · Wartime/battle violence and peril · Death, grief, and loss
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Portuguese Rose Lemonade
A bright, refreshing sip suits a quiet, reflective reading mood.
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- 1 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 1/2 oz rose syrup ↗
- 5 oz cold water
- 4 raspberries ↗
- Ice
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- Muddle raspberries lightly with rose syrup. Add lemon juice, cold water, and ice; stir well.
- Garnish: Raspberries and lemon wheel.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Aerial Corps Porter
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Dark, toasty richness suits a quiet, reflective reading mood.
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- 12 oz English porter
- 1 wide strip orange peel ↗
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- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Pint glass.
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