Shadows on Society Hill

By Evelyn Coleman

Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Mystery and detective stories, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Philadelphia (pa.), history, fiction, Philadelphia (pa.), fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Detective and mystery stories

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.