Shadows on Society Hill: An Addy Mystery
By Coleman, Evelyn.
(2007). Middleton, WI: American Girl.
ISBN 978-1593691622
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Summary: It is a year after the end of the civil war; 11-year old Addy and her family are no longer slaves and they now live up north in a boarding house in Philadelphia. After Addy bravely saves a man’s life he offers her father a new job and her whole family a new place to live. They move into their very own home, a carriage house behind the main house in the upscale neighborhood of Society Hill. But from the start, mysterious things happen on the grounds of her new home, and Addy, ever curious and brave, goes in search of answers.
Review: Accessible and easy to read for younger tweens, Shadows on Society Hill, is a well thought out story with secrets and suspense and a likeable main character looking for the truth. The book neither glosses over nor goes too in depth while touching on the multifaceted issues of slavery, racial discrimination, and poverty. Addy is a character from the series of books based on American Girls dolls, and can be read and enjoyed by boys and girls alike. Critically praised, Shadows on Society Hill provides a good read in addition to diversity, from its characters as well as its time period, to a core collection of mysteries for tweens.
Selected Awards: Edgar Award Nomination for Best Juvenile Mystery 2008, Independent Publisher’s Silver Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Multicultural Fiction 2008
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