For what it is, I am remarkably impressed with Meet Addy. The descriptions of slavery are harrowing when one considers 7-10-year-olds are reading this book. And the tone of hope pervades it, even in moments of desperation. I never got to Addy as a little girl, because I was bound and determined to read the books in historical order (at the time - Felicity, Josephina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Molly), and by the time I got through Kirsten and wanted to get into Addy, I couldn't find all 6 books. So I'm reading them now, but it is well worth the wait. A quick read for an adult, but I'm so impressed with how slavery is discussed. It may be more accurate and less whitewashed than many elementary school history texts.