Connie Porter
Author of Meet Addy: An American Girl
About the Author
Adult/young adult author Connie Porter was born in Buffalo, New York, where she started pursuing a writing career in high school. Porter began her career by writing articles for magazines and book reviews in newspapers. She then went on to write the novels All-Bright Court and Imani All Mine. show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: American Publishing Co.
Series
Works by Connie Porter
Finding Freedom: An Addy Classic Volume 1 (American Girl Beforever: Abby Classic) (2014) 123 copies, 2 reviews
A Heart Full of Hope: An Addy Classic Volume 2 (American Girl Beforever Classic) (2014) 75 copies, 1 review
Meet the American Girls: Meet Samantha/Meet Molly/Meet Addy/Meet Kirsten/Meet Felicity/Boxed Set (1993) 8 copies
Addy 1864/Happy Birthday, Addy!/Addy Saves the Day/Changes for Addy (American Girl Collection) (1994) 7 copies
Addy's Short Story Set: Addy Studies Freedom/Addy's Little Brother/High Hopes for Addy (2002) 3 copies
Happy Birthday Addy #4 1 copy
Beforever Abby 1864 1 copy
Abby Learns A Lesson 1 copy
Addy an American Girl set 1 copy
Associated Works
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contributor — 302 copies, 4 reviews
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 276 copies, 1 review
Centers of the Self: Stories by Black American Women, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 28 copies
The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness (2003) — Contributor — 27 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Porter, Connie
- Legal name
- Porter, Connie Rose
- Birthdate
- 1959
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Buffalo, New York, USA
Massachusetts, USA
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4th Grade Books (1)
Black Authors (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 11,047
- Popularity
- #2,136
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 79
- ISBNs
- 123
- Languages
- 1
About a 2 hour read.
Notable Quotes:
“Honey, if you fill your heart with hate, there ain’t gonna be no room for love.”
“People can do wrong for such a long time, they don’t even know it’s wrong no more.”
Things to be aware of in “Finding Freedom:”
Language:
- 1 stupid
- 1 dumb
Spiritual Content:
- Many prayers are said out loud and internally.
- A nativity play is put on
- Scripture is quoted
I was very proud of American Girl for the faith aspect that was brought to this book!!
Violence:
- Whipping
- A mention of a boy’s legs being crushed
Additional Notes:
- This book takes place during 1864 so keep in mind that slavery is a main part of this book and all that the cruel practice entailed.
- A slave is forced to eat worms.
- Families are separated.
- Girls disguise themselves as boys.
- Mentions of soldiers who are missing limbs
- A character is unkind to another, having her be her unofficial slave… (more)