Tripp, Valerie

Contains five short stories featuring Samantha Parkington, a girl being raised by her very proper, wealthy grandmother in 1904, each with historical notes.

Josefina and her sisters are happy when their T?a Dolores comes to live with them and their father, but Josefina is worried that all the changes will cause them to forget their mother.

Nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg finds a secret note from Ben, her father's apprentice who has run away to join the colonial army, and goes off to help him.

In 1824 New Mexico, nine-year-old Josefina is happy when her grandparents and aunt come to visit, but she thinks she must choose between meeting her grandmother's expectations and being true to herself. Includes historical notes on women's rights in New Mexico in 1824 as well as a recipe for apple empanaditas.

In volume three in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg is invited to the Governor's Palace, but when her mother becomes seriously ill, Felicity sadly reconciles that there will be no new gown and no chance to go to the Palace.

In volume four in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg receives a guitar for her birthday, disobeys her mother by taking it out to show her friend, Elizabeth, and overhears a conversation that could mean danger for the colonists.