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Julie Story Collection (American Girl)

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What a pleasure to read the entire story of Julie in one hardcover book. ABSOLUTELY worth the money! You should know, however, that the historal sections at the end of each of the original six books are NOT included. There is one large section on the history, but by no means as comprehensive as the six sections found in the entire series. Still worth buying...Now I have all of these new HC books AND the six book series! :-)

My 9 year old loves these stories, it was great to have it on Christmas with the Julie doll. She read them in one day; it is easy reading for a 3rd grader, but interesting and the right age level.

"Julie's Story Collection" is the story of Julie Albright, a ten year old living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco in the year 1974. Through Julie's eyes the reader is able to experience the historical/cultural events of 1974: Watergate, President Nixon's resignation, the Vietnam War, equal rights for women, divorce, save the eagles, Earth Day, The Bicentennial of 1976, the Carter-Ford election and disability awareness. Megan McDonald has done an excellant job of capturing the essence of the time period in her story telling. The only negative comment I have is that American Girl did not publish a "Welcome to Julie's World 1974" as they had done with previous American Girl historical figures. Instead American Girl published "Julie Just for Fun and Julie's Cooking Studio."

The American girl books takes you back to a time in history. It has great storys about the gils in the book. This book about Julie is one I can relate to because I grew up in this era. I am enjoying reading it along with my daughter who loves the American girl series.

I gave this to my daughter for Christmas and she already has this book read. She loves that all six are all bound under one hard cover. You cannot go wrong with these books. They are all great reads.