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Felicity: An American Girl (American Girls: Felicity #1-6)
Felicity Merriman is a spunky, spritely girl growing up in Virginia in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity's stories tell of the adventures of this spirited girl, who grows impatient doing the "sitting down kinds of things" that colonial girls are expected to do. Felicity much prefers to be outdoors, especially riding horses In her stories, Felicity learns ab...more
Paperback, 412 pages
Published
June 1st 1992
by American Girl
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Felicity Merman is growing up in a time of very feirce loyalty and Firey Independence Just as America is about to break free from englands rule! Everyone around her her friends family everyone is taking different sides. With her passion and her courage felicity must find a way to hold both love and loyally in her heart. MEet felicity is all about how felicity tries to get the hoarse she has allways dreamed of from that wretched Jickey Nigh who treats her like dirt. Felicity learns a lesson is a...more
I found the Felicity books fascinating because I had actually been to the place where the books take place - Williamsburg, VA. It's so cool that Williamsburg is preserved and you can see where people like Felicity lived and worked and went to school. Anyway, so her stories were especially interesting to me because I knew about the places. The stories dealt with exactly what was going on at that time - the relationship between the Loyalists and the Colonist rebels. Felicity's best friend is a Loy...more
Felicity is a spunky little girl who grew up in colonial America in 1774. During her story there were two different groups living in America, loyalist and patriots. Felicity's best friend is a loyalist while she is brought up in a patriot household. Felicity gets into may different things while having fun. The age range of this group of book is primary, because girls are usually into girl power, and independence. Many girls in this age group are into those things. The artistic elements, while th...more
Jan 30, 2011
Ash E.
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
young girls
Recommended to Ash by:
Cori Johnson
Shelves:
review-complete,
young-historical-fiction
REVIEW COMPLETE
Comparable with the Dear America series, the American Girl books provide a unique, easily-accessible peek into the past through a young (usually 9 to 10 years of age) girl's perspective. In this case, that girl is Felicity, a headstrong, independent youth living in colonial America. While she is expected to be proper, act polite, and wear countless petticoats, Felicity wants nothing more than to have the freedom of being a boy - the freedom to run about and not have to ride sidesa...more
Comparable with the Dear America series, the American Girl books provide a unique, easily-accessible peek into the past through a young (usually 9 to 10 years of age) girl's perspective. In this case, that girl is Felicity, a headstrong, independent youth living in colonial America. While she is expected to be proper, act polite, and wear countless petticoats, Felicity wants nothing more than to have the freedom of being a boy - the freedom to run about and not have to ride sidesa...more
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I loved these books! They were refreshing after reading huge complicated novels. I enjoyed all the characters and the stories that were filled with such emotion! Any young lady would love to read these books! Reading level is for about 8 years old or older and an experienced reader can finish one book in about an hour. The books average out to about 68 pages and each include 'A Peek Into The Past' section at the end. I think these collection would be a great gift for a young reader or even an ol...more
May 10, 2007
Casey
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-or-young-adult
I like the Felicity books. Of all the earlier American Girls, I think she's the most like my personal favorite, Molly. Spunky.
When I was younger I always loved these books. I remember I would read them with my grandma and we would always relate the characters stories to mine. I really loved Felicity's story because she was one of my favorite dolls. I was drawn in by the different culture she lived in and the time she lived. I read many of her stories and eventually got the doll! Her story in particular demonstrates a spunky girl with a lot of goals. She is an inspiring role model to girls and someone I loved to learn a...more
***New Review:
I had to demote my rating to only two stars, not three, after spending the semester in my Liberty Girls group reading this series aloud to my kids. I realize the main reason I stuck with this series is because of the period of history it covers - the American Revolution, my favorite. Although I still love the third book, and the 6th book has some merit (although Felicity still has quite a selfish attitude that she partly overcomes) I have to say that I am not impressed with this se...more
I had to demote my rating to only two stars, not three, after spending the semester in my Liberty Girls group reading this series aloud to my kids. I realize the main reason I stuck with this series is because of the period of history it covers - the American Revolution, my favorite. Although I still love the third book, and the 6th book has some merit (although Felicity still has quite a selfish attitude that she partly overcomes) I have to say that I am not impressed with this se...more
Reading the American Girl Felicity collection, when I was in the third grade really started my love for reading and history. My third grade teacher would read aloud to us the felicity books in an old english accent while were studying the american revolution. I wanted to read these books on my own also, so my mom got me the set for christmas that following year. I have also read some of the other characters books as well, and found them all interesting.
Aug 04, 2011
Kerith
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
historical,
middle-grade
I had a blast reading this -- I don't know what took me so long (I admit I bought my Felicity doll some years ago). I went to school in Williamsburg, at the College of William & Mary, so much of this was a trip down memory lane.
I know these are written on a formula and are meant to sell dolls, but the setting is charming and the history is accurate. I've got the books on Kit, Molly, and Samantha also waiting for my daughter, but this one will have the doll also waiting with it. She's my favo...more
I know these are written on a formula and are meant to sell dolls, but the setting is charming and the history is accurate. I've got the books on Kit, Molly, and Samantha also waiting for my daughter, but this one will have the doll also waiting with it. She's my favo...more
I loved the American Girl Collection. They were so helpful in learning history and the way life was in the past. I started reading the books in 3rd grade and my favorite character was Felicity. The author, Valerie Tripp used to come to our class and read to us when I lived in Maryland. Her daughter Katherine and I were classmates. Hearing Mrs. Tripp read the books made the stories come alive. I read every girl's book before I moved onto a new character.
Aw man, I LOVED the American Girls series. Felicity was by far my favorite, for no reason that I can really figure out. I am putting this box set on here to represent all the American Girls that I read and loved - Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, Addy, and Molly. I don't know who these "new" girls are, but these 5 are my original favorites. =) I even have the CD-rom game where you put on a play with their characters!!!
Reviewed by my seven-year-old daughter: Felicity was a good series for learning. She was interested in so many things that I got to learn a lot too. My favorite book was Happy Birthday Felicity because she gets a guitar and I like the guitar. I didn't like Annabelle she was mean but her sister Elizabeth was really nice. I learned a lot about the Revolutionary War during this book and what started it.
Felicity's world seemed the most inaccessible to me growing up, considering that she was the oldest character and her world was far more chartered and organized than mine. I groaned to think of Miss Manderly's lessons and proper parties at the governor's. I was thrilled that she maintained her friendship with Elizabeth, despite their cultural differences. I feared for her horse, Penny, who was abused, for her mother who got sick, for Ben, who perhaps scared me most of all, as his indentured rela...more
I love these books and read them at least once each season as time passes both in our world and in the books. I adore Felicity's adventures and high spirits, which I feel would not be much diffrent from mine if I lived in that era. I have also collected the doll and as many of the accessories as I can afford (they are quite pricy) from American Girl Co.
I read these books precisley when they were meant to be read; third grade. My best friend and I slowly devoured every single American girl book our library had to offer and talked about them excitedly for weeks. It was one of the first times I truly fell into a book. Also, quite without realizing it, I picked up a lot of history which I still enjoy to this day.
I've always loved this set. Next to Molly, Felicity was my favorite American Girl. Valerie Tripp does well introducing and establishing Felicity's character, and avoids retelling the same scenarios in each book. This edition is lovely, but I wish the Looking Back section wad included for all six books.
Felicity was alright. I just remember that she had a HORSE, and that automatically made her AWESOME. I also remember that she wasn't that pretty, which makes me sad that I was such a vain turd from such a young age. But it's okay because she had a horse. A HORSE.
I'm using this for a unit study (3rd grade) on the American Revolution/13 colonies. There's not really anything interesting to me as an adult about Felicity, but the girls might like her, and it will lead to all our other studies...
As a young girl I was very into the American Girl collection. I had the Felicity doll, and her story that I read about in these books made me feel like I knew this doll of mine. I still have her, and wouldn't give her up for anything.
The Felicity series was the first American Girl book set I read (Though I only finished the first 3). She has a timeless spirit and she is by far my favorite of the American Girls.
May 04, 2013
Kimberly Hortman
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
american-girl-club
I liked Felicity's stories because I new little about that time period prior to reading this collection. It is truly amazing how much daily life has changed over the years.
Emma, Claire and I read this together. It was fun and it was nice for them to read about a girls their age and how she thougth and acted back in 1824.
Felicity is my favorite American Girl. She's a fierce character with a drive to be herself, a role model for all little girls. Her stories are fun and quirky.
I loved this sires of books because I read them with my mom and every few pages she HAS to
point-out how much I am compared to Felicty
Merriman!
point-out how much I am compared to Felicty
Merriman!
I like the collection because there's a girl that had the same name as me, but she was older than me. And this was a true story. -by Felicity
I have been reading these series of "American Girls" with my daughters, and we all love them! We can hardly put them down.
When I was younger this was my favorite series! I loved all the american girl books :) The dolls too :P
I love all the American girl books but on my iPod witch i have this app... How do I read it?
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Valerie Tripp is a children's book author, best known for her work with the American Girl series.
She grew up in Mount Kisco, New York with three sisters. She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College. She has been a writer for reading textbooks for t...more
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She grew up in Mount Kisco, New York with three sisters. She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College. She has been a writer for reading textbooks for t...more
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