The book I read was Shadow on Society Hill. It was a part of a series called An Addy Mystery, an American Girl book. The main character is Addy. The story Shadows on Society Hill was basically about Addy’s family moving to a new neighborhood called Society Hill to live in the servant quarters. It was the nineteenth century, slavery just ended and Addy and her family were African-American. Addy’s father was a really good carpenter and the Radisson family hired him to work for them to fix their house. Addy, her mom, her dad, her brother Sam, and her sister Esther all moved in.

Mr. Radisson hired Addy’s father after Addy saved Mr. Radisson from getting run over by a horse. Mr. Radisson’s wife, Mrs. Radisson, was prejudice and didn’t like African-Americans. Mrs. Radisson blamed Addy for stealing food because Mrs. Radisson didn’t know where the food was.  She also thought that Addy stole the choker. Mrs. Radisson blamed Addy only because she is African-American, but she didn’t steal it; she just  had the same choker.

When Mrs. Elizabeth and Mrs. Radisson accused Addy of stealing the choker Addy’s mom walked in and said, “Hey! Don’t go accusing my girl, What is the problem?”. Mrs. Radisson said, “Your daughter stole my choker.”,  but Addy didn’t really steal Mrs. Radisson’s choker.  Mrs. Radisson hid her choker and blamed it on Addy so people would think African-Americans were bad.

Addy is brave because she saved a man’s life. She is strong because she carried her sister on her back all the way to her new house in Society Hill. Addy is a good person because she never stole anything.

I liked this book because it is mysterious. I liked this book because I was happy that the father got a better job. I would recommend this book because it has a secret spy involved and a lot of people like books with spys.  This book is unique because it doesn’t remind me of any movie and there are not a lot of children books that deal with American slavery.

12345 I give this book a five out of five.