Title: Shadows on Society Hill
Description: When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
Subjects: African Americans, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, Philadelphia (pa.), fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Philadelphia (pa.), history, fiction
Places: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Time periods: 19th century