Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Ti? Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her.
The second Christmas after their mother has died, Josefina and her three sisters find that participating in the traditions of Las Posadas helps keep memories of Mama? alive.
In volume one in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg, Virginia tries to save a horse owned by the cruel tanner, Jiggy Nye.
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.
Nine-year-old Kit Kittredge experiences many hardships but responds to the challenge when her father's business closes due to the Depression and they turn the family home into a boarding house.
The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.
