In the "American Girls Collection" books (company started by Pleasant Rowland in the mid 1980's, since then purchased by Mattel and Rowland has retired), I've always found that the fifth book in most of the girls' stories tend to be the adventurous book. "Addy Saves the Day!" is no exception! Addy and her parents decide to help raise money at the church fair in 1860's Philadelphia, specifically to help those looking for family and friends during the Civil War - the same situation that Addy is in. She is lucky to be with Momma and Poppa, but they don't know if Sam got his wish to serve his country, or whether baby Esther made it away from the plantation with Auntie Lula and Uncle Solomon. In this book, Addy learns to put her grudges aside and face her fears so the fair can be a success.... and gets more than she thought possible out of it. I'd recommend this book to anyone! Targeted to pre-teen girls from the third grade up, (though I always thought boys could enjoy them, too!), I enjoyed reading it when I was eight and I'm sure I will enjoy reading it when I'm 68. :) (See my "shpeel" about how great the entire collection is under my review for "Addy's Surprise" by Connie Porter.)Read full review
Addy escapes slavery through the underground railroad with her mother. leaving behind a babysister whom they were unable to bring. Her father and brother had already been seperated from them. The first of six books introduce the situation and the following books in the series present how she and her mother establish themselves without the rest of their family and then, one at a time, reunite with their family members. Addy is herioc in ADDY SAVES THE DAY. I buy these books for family and for students at the school where I work. We have a diverse ethnic census at my school. I like the American Girl books because the show that Americans are comprised of many different ethnic groups, that we have all come from an origin country and have had to adapt to become Americans. Our ethnicicty meld is what makes us who we are, as a country.Read full review
My hope is to get my hands on the doll so that I have it to go with the book. Once I have the doll I think it will bring the character in the story to life as I read it to my daughter and she will have both as a keepsake.
This particular series of American Girl doll books helped my 4th grader really get interested in reading, and go from no confidence in reading to extremely confident and loving it.
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