Happy Birthday, Felicity! (American Girl Collection)

by Valerie Tripp

Paperback, 1992

Status

Available

Publication

American Girl (1992), Edition: First Edition, 88 pages

Description

As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.

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LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
There's a nice touch in the fourth book of the American Girls: Felicity series: Felicity does something totally boneheaded. I mean, despite her "spunky, spritely" qualities, she pulls an absent minded stunt that any nine-year-old might do. Other than that, the story has little that rates a comment.
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(Well, I do wonder if her family's kitchen helper is an employee or property. Slavery is only mentioned in passing in this series.) 'Tis a simple, predictable tale with a happy ending. It's nice waiting room material, like its predecessors.
--J.
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LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary
This is a story about how Felicity deals with some of the pre-revolutionary war tensions that are arising in Williamsburg and with her family and friends. Felicity both loses her grandfather’s trust by leaving her guitar in the rain, and earns it back again by alerting the people of Williamsburg
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that the militia’s gunpowder was stolen. She ends the book with a very happy birthday. “A Peek Into the Past.”
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LibraryThing member the1butterfly
This is one of my classroom library doubles. This is a story about how Felicity deals with some of the pre-revolutionary war tensions that are arising in Williamsburg and with her family and friends. Felicity both loses her grandfather’s trust by leaving her guitar in the rain, and earns it back
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again by alerting the people of Williamsburg that the militia’s gunpowder was stolen. She ends the book with a very happy birthday. “A Peek Into the Past.”
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LibraryThing member Marse
Things start to heat up in the 4th "Felicity" book of the American Girl series. Felicity's grandfather, a loyalist, comes to visit for her birthday and gives her a guitar once belonging to her grandmother. Felicity loses the trust of her grandfather and parents when she disobeys them and takes the
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guitar out of the house. In retrieving the guitar, Felicity overhears disturbing plans, but no one at home believes her. Felicity acts bravely to stop the city's military storehouse from being emptied by the loyalist government. The end-notes says this was a true event in Williamsburg, and no one knows who alerted the people to what was happening, so why not a nine- year old!
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

8.5 inches

ISBN

1562470310 / 9781562470319

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