an American girl Porter, Connie Rose creator Taylor, Dahl text Middleton, Wis Pleasant Co. 1998 monographic 69 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia. African Americans African Americans Slavery Underground Railroad 813 PLE 1998 A93 Or. 1562470760 1562470752 (pbk.)