Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girl) [Hardcover]

Valerie Tripp (Author), Jeanne Thieme (Editor), Nancy Niles (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: American Girl

While spending the summer at Grandmary's home on Goose Lake, Samantha and the twins Agnes and Agatha decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 65 pages
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc; Illustrated. edition (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937295922
• ISBN-13: 978-0937295922
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,676,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Samantha Saves the Day, February 26, 2001

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Kerry Hinote (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samantha Saves the Day (American Girl) (Paperback)

When Samantha stays at Piney Point with her family, she never dreams what will happen. Her mother died many years ago, but she always loved to spend time at Piney Point with her friends just like Samantha. But when she finds her mother's old sketchbook, she becomes interested. Where did her mom draw all the pictures of Samantha and her father, who also died, when she was a baby? Trying to understand her past, Samantha and her two cousins go to Teardrop Island, the place where the mystery pictures were drawn. Their grandma forbids them to go, but they go anyway. But when they get stuck on the island, they get scared and realize they shouldn't have gone. I liked this book, but it was more of a little-kid book than I expected it to be!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Samantha Saves The Day Review, September 10, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Samantha Saves the Day (American Girl) (Paperback)

This book is about Samantha going to Piney Point with her aunt,uncle,cousins,and Grandmary,and the admiral. On a rainy day Samantha and her cousins go up in the attic and discover her mother's sketch book. In it there's a map to Teardrop Island. One day Samantha and her cousins go to Teardrop Island. On their way there's a narrow passageway and there are rocks under the water they couldn't see. Once they got to the island, they went to go find the pretty waterfall and her mother's sketch book. They also had a picnic there. Then it starts to rain and they try to go find their canoe but they couldn't. They become stranded and the admiral sets out to find them but he hits his head and Samantha has to save the day.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, September 8, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samantha Saves the Day (American Girl) (Paperback)

This is another in the American Girls series about Samantha Parkington, a ten-year-old orphan girl living with her grandmother in the America of 1904. In this book, Samantha and all her family go to Grandmary's summerhouse at Piney Point. When Samantha finds her mother's sketchbook detailing a visit by Samantha and her parents to a little island, she and the twins, Agnes and Agatha, rush off to visit it. However, when a storm blows up, it is up to Samantha to save the day!

The final chapter of this book is a fascinating look at America going outdoors in 1904. As always, the illustrations provided by Nancy Niles and Robert Grace are wonderful, and add a lot to the experience of reading this wonderful book.

This is another great Samantha book, not as gritty as some in the series, but certainly a great read. My daughter and I both like this book, and highly recommend it to you!