Porter, Connie.

High hopes for Addy / by Connie Porter ; ill., John Thompson and Dahl Taylor ; vignettes, Susan McAliley. - Middleton, WI : Pleasant, 1999. - 39 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 16 cm. - The American girls collection American girls short stories .

Addy's new life in Philadelphia in the late 1860s continues to hold surprises, as she competes in a kite festival and her teacher recommends her for the Institute for Colored Youth. Includes informational pages about the Institute for Colored Youth and how to make a kite.

4.6. 7-A. 3-7. 610 Lexile

156247765X

98040675 /AC


African Americans--Fiction.
Kites--Fiction.
School stories.

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