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Addy's Surprise is the third book in the Addy series. Addy Walker Ruth Walker Ben Walker Mrs. Ford Sarah Moore Reverend Drake Mrs. Howell Isabella Howell Mr. Delmonte One cold morning, Addy is snuggled into the warm quilts when Momma calls her. Snow is blowing through the gap in the garret...
- Overview
- Aduke
- Mary and Jefferson Adams
- Mrs. Andersen
- Ebenezer Bassett
- Mr. Cooper
- Elizabeth Cope
- Daniel
- Mr. Delmonte
- Reverend Drake
These are minor characters in the Addy series.
Aduke is the grandmother of Ben Walker and the great-grandmother of Sam, Addy, and Esther. She is mentioned only in backstory by Ruth Walker on the first day she and Addy run away.
Aduke had a cowrie shell with her when she was captured and brought to America to be enslaved. She was no older than Addy at the time--about nine years old. The shell was passed down in the family as a keepsake and Ruth gives it to Addy along with one of Sam's shoelaces to wear around her neck; it was to be gifted to her on the journey north. Her parents named Addy after her (though it was originally assumed that they did not name her "Aduke" directly, this was later confirmed). Aduke was Nigerian; her name is Yoruba and means "beloved."
A recently freed elderly couple who appears in A New Beginning: My Journey with Addy (online endings). The couple escaped from Georgia and recently arrived in Philadelphia. Jefferson is good at repairing and cleaning up old things, and Mary is a good cook. They have had several children but do not know where they could be located, as they were sold...
Mrs. Andersen is a white woman who Addy sees at the local butcher shop. She is only seen in Addy Studies Freedom and is very upset at the news of Lincoln's assassination, sure that with his death the war will come back and reach up to Philadelphia this time. She tells Addy to save herself before leaving out the door. The butcher says she just carri...
Ebenezer Bassett is the active principal of the Institute for Colored Youth, and historically served as such from 1856 until 1869. Harriet Davis states that her family knows him and he was at their house for dinner last week, and he said education is the only way colored people will get ahead. He and Quakers used to fund the school, but now colored...
A member of the Quaker Aid Society. He has thick, curly blond hair.
Albert Radisson's fiancee in Shadows on Society Hill. Her full name is Elizabeth W. Cope. She is a tiny woman, not much taller than Addy, with long dark hair, dark eyes with long lashes, and pale skin. Addy thinks her voice is beautiful, like church chimes. She is from Connecticut and was a former bookkeeper, and finds it silly that white people won't sit and eat with blacks, even though they'll let them cook their food.
She initially speaks to Addy like a friend and is kind to her and Momma, inviting Addy to have tea frequently and giving her a lovely dress as a gift. When she realizes they are formerly from North Carolina she swiftly turns on them, becoming cold and ultimately accusing Addy of stealing her ruby-pearl choker and insisting the family must move if it is not returned. She goes as far as hiding it in the shed herself to implicate Addy and attempt to force the Walkers to be evicted from their new home. When Addy looks around the larger house to clear her name and is caught by her, Elizabeth demands the family leave that night. When Addy desperately begs for help to save Esther's life, Elizabeth helps the Walkers, revealing she is skilled in folk medicine. She continues to insist the Walkers must leave and that what has happened changes nothing until her past is revealed. Everything comes clear shortly afterwards, once Addy puts everything together and realizes what Elizabeth has done and the rationale for her actions.
Sarah Moore's cousin. He was born in Canada--and thus born free--after his mother Eva and father escaped enslavement. He is tall and thin, and twelve years old.
He appears in the short story Addy's Little Brother.
The owner of the secondhand store in Addy's neighborhood.
The minster at Trinity A.M.E. Church.
- Where was Addy from, originally? Answer: North Carolina. Addy and her family, consisting of Poppa, Momma, big brother Sam, Addy, and her little sister Esther, lived on a plantation with fifteen other slaves, owned by Master Stevens.
- What punishment did the overseer give Addy in "Meet Addy"? Answer: He made her eat worms. Addy was having to do her least favorite job in the fields; pulling thick green worms off of tobacco plants and killing them.
- What did Harriet and her friends call Addy in "Addy Learns a Lesson"? Answer: A flunky. At Addy's new school, Sixth Street School, there was a mean girl named Harriet Davis.
- Addy won the spelling bee at school. Answer: True. Addy studied hard, and eventually the spelling bee came down to her and Harriet. When given the word "principle", Harriet quickly spelled it - wrong - as "P-R-I-N-S-I-P-L-E".
Jun 23, 2024 · Read a review and plot summary of Addy’s Surprise, the third book in the series about Addy Walker.
Plot. The plot mostly uses various scenes from Addy's central series. A small scene is also modified from the short story Addy Studies Freedom. Play/Book Series Differences. Rather than a second enslaver discussing selling Poppa and Sam, Master Stevens is shown talking with his wife.
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