Connie Porter

Author of Meet Addy: An American Girl

32+ Works 10,470 Members 79 Reviews

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

Includes the names: Connie Porter, Connie Porter, Connie Rose Porter

Image credit: American Publishing Co.

Series

American Girls: Addy

Works by Connie Porter

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Meet Addy: An American Girl (1993) 2,458 copies

Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story (1993) 1,534 copies

Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story (1993) 1,317 copies

Happy Birthday, Addy!: A Springtime Story (1994) 1,190 copies

Changes for Addy: A Winter Story (1994) 1,108 copies

Addy Saves the Day: A Summer Story (1994) 1,018 copies

High Hopes for Addy (American Girls Short Stories) (1999) 406 copies

Addy's Little Brother (American Girls Short Stories) (2000) 207 copies

Addy: An American Girl, 1864 (1993) 199 copies

Imani All Mine (1999) 180 copies

Addy's Wedding Quilt (American Girl Collection) (2001) 125 copies

Addy's Story Collection (2004) 123 copies

Finding Freedom: An Addy Classic Volume 1 (American Girl Beforever: Abby Classic) (2014) 111 copies

Addy Studies Freedom (American Girls Short Stories) (2002) 105 copies

The American Girls Short Stories (1999) 101 copies

Addy's Summer Place (American Girls Short Stories) (2003) 75 copies

All-Bright Court (1991) 70 copies

A Heart Full of Hope: An Addy Classic Volume 2 (American Girl Beforever Classic) (2014) 68 copies

Addy's Paper Dolls (1994) 36 copies

Addy 1864/Happy Birthday, Addy!/Addy Saves the Day/Changes for Addy (American Girl Collection) (1994) 8 copies

Meet the American Girls: Meet Samantha/Meet Molly/Meet Addy/Meet Kirsten/Meet Felicity/Boxed Set (1993) 7 copies

Addy (The American Girls Collection) (1993) 7 copies

Addy's Pastimes (1995) 5 copies

Addy's Short Story Set: Addy Studies Freedom/Addy's Little Brother/High Hopes for Addy (2002) 3 copies

Addy 3-Book Boxed Set (American Girl) (2014) 2 copies

Happy Birthday Addy #4 1 copy

Beforever Abby 1864 1 copy

Abby Saves The Day A Summer Story Book Five 1 copy

Abby Learns A Lesson 1 copy

Meet Abby An American Girl book One 1 copy

Addy: A Collection of Stories: Meet Addy, Addy Learns a Lesson, Addy's Surprise 1 copy

Addy an American Girl set 1 copy

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Associated Works

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contributor — 298 copies

Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 275 copies

Minding the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul (1994) — Contributor — 213 copies

Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing (2002) — Contributor — 125 copies

Buffalo Noir (2015) — Contributor — 42 copies

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

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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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Reviews

Addy: Finding Freedom (American Girl® Historical… by Connie Porter

I’ve always loved the Addy books! She is one of my favorites! Connie Porter is an amazing author and brings Addy to life!

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)

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