Meet Felicity: An American Girl : 1774 (The American Girls Collection, Book 1) (Paperback)

by Valerie Tripp (Author), Dan Andreasen (Illustrator) "Felicity Merriman pushed open the door to her father's store and took a deep breath..." (more)
Key Phrases: beautiful horse, new horse, Jiggy Nye, Felicity Merriman

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Product Description
Meet Felicity Merriman, a spunky, spritely nine-year-old girl who lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity is excited to hear abut a new horse in town. But the horse is owned by Jiggy Nye, the cruel tanner.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 68 pages
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc; 1st edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562470043
• ISBN-13: 978-1562470043
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #257,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, September 10, 2001

By	Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is the first in the American Girls Short Stories series about Felicity Merriman, a nine-year-old girl living in the America of 1774. In this book, Felicity is bored with her constrained "girl's" world, where her time is spent wearing cumbersome dresses and making small, uniform stitches. Excitement enters, when she meets the knacker's new horse. The knacker, Jiggy Nye, is a cruel man who mistreats the horse. Here Felicity learns that sometime you must work for what you love, and sometimes you must give it up.

The final chapter is a fascinating and highly informative look into life in 1774. This book lives up to the excellence that characterizes most American Girls books. My daughter and I greatly enjoyed it, and we recommend it to you.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, July 18, 2001

By	Melissa Bollman "melissa824" (Olathe, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meet Felicity: An American Girl (The American Girls Collection, Book 1) (Hardcover)

I have this book and also the Felicity doll and I really enjoy the American Girl books and found this to be my favorite out of them all. The story shows that back in the 1700's girls had the same problems and adventures that they do today.I reccommend this book to any young girl.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meet Feicity book report, April 5, 2001

A Kid's Review

Felicity loves horses and hates having to sit still and straight. Then she hears that cruel old Jiggy Nye has a new horse and just about worked her to death. When she sees the horse she instantly falls in love with her and gives her the name of Penny. She decides if she doesn't do anything about Penny being beaten no one will. Will she be able to save Penny in time?