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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 American Girl Books
She is thrown from her horse. Tragically, she is thrown from her horse while returning with medicine for a sick baby. Although she does not make it back herself, the horse, with medicine, arrives in time to save the child.
Her saddle and her name. She leaves Kaya her prized saddle, and when she is ready to use it, her name.
Two Hawks. Two Hawks is a member of the Salish tribe. Although their languages are different, they become friends anyway, communicating by sign language. Cut Cheek is the boyfriend of Kaya's older sister, Brown Deer.
Magpie. She is called Magpie for thinking of herself first and neglecting her younger twin brothers. Finger Cakes is the nickname given to her Grandmother as a child.
A longhouse. A 'Wickiup' is a term used to describe the sphere-shaped one room dwelling of many American Southwest tribes, while 'Wigwam' usually refers to those in the Northeast. These homes could be covered with bark, grass, reeds or mats. A tipi is a cone-shaped dwelling used primarily (but not exclusively) by natives of the plains and was usually covered in animal skins or birch bark. Used by tribes on both coast, a longhouse could be as long as 100 feet or more and could hold as many as 20 or more families.
Nimiipuu. (NIM-MEE-POO). The Chinook and Tlingit are both tribes of the Pacific Northwest, while the Zuni lived in the Southwest.
They got poison ivy. When Molly went to Camp Gowanagan (Go-On-Again), she, Linda, and Susan played Capture-The-Flag with the rest of the camp. Molly and Susan were put on the blue team, with Linda on red. They were rivals for awhile, until the blue team won by sneaking through a ton of poison ivy and capturing the flag!
Dogs. Molly learned that Emily had not had a birthday party since she was five-years-old, so decided to share their tenth ones, even though Emily's was not at the same time as Molly's. The girls wound up getting dogs from the McIntire family. Molly named hers "Bennett", after her English friend Emily Bennett, and Emily named hers "Yank", after her Yankee American friend, Molly McIntire.
Margaret Rose. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose were very popular during the 1930s and 1940s. They both led lives that most girls could only dream about, although they were dealt quite a bit of hardship as well. Princess Elizabeth wound up becoming the Queen of England in 1953.
Katherine. Molly got a doll for Christmas from her dad, who was working as a doctor in England, because of the war. Katherine was dressed as a nurse, who took care of wounded soldiers in hospitals.
Illinois. In "Molly's Surprise", Molly found a package on her doorstep from her dad, for Christmas, addressed to the McIntire Family, in Jefferson, Illinois. Molly and her sister, Jill, kept the package a secret from the rest of the family until Christmas morning, when they sneaked it underneath the Christmas tree before the rest of the family woke up.
Above Molly's garage. Molly and her two best friends, Linda and Susan, had a secret clubhouse in the storage room above Molly's garage. They liked to push two overstuffed chairs together and then sit in them, scheming and dreaming together.
A hula dancer. The first scene of "Meet Molly" had Molly daydreaming about being Cinderella for Halloween. Her dream had a few flaws, though; her two best friends would probably not want to be ugly stepsisters, and her mother probably wouldn't have enough time or money to make her an angora gown. The girls eventually settled on homemade hula outfits, which were a hit!
Turnips. Since Molly's mother worked for the Red Cross, they had to have a housekeeper, Mrs. Gilford. Mrs. Gilford made turnips, which smelled like nasty gym socks. Molly refused to eat them, so she had to sit at the table until her turnips were gone. Molly's mom soon came home and mixed them with some sugar and cinnamon rations - then they tasted good!
Jiggy Nye. Penny was pregnant, and due to have a foal. But Felicity's father was away, and the foal was having trouble being born, so Felicity went to the one person whom she knew knew horses like the back of his hand: Mr. Jiggy Nye. He was out of jail by then, and indebted to Felicity for sending him the care package (which had medicine inside that saved his life), so he delivered the foal for her. Felicity named the foal Patriot.
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Mr. Cole. Mr. Cole, Elizabeth's father, got locked up in jail for being a Loyalist. A Loyalist was a person living in the thirteen colonies who believed that they should be loyal to the king, and to England. The Patriots wanted to have their own country, separate from the king. Soon, the conflict started the Revolutionary War between America and England. In 1783, America won, free from England.
Grandfather got Mr. Cole out of jail, and Felicity sent a care package to Jiggy Nye, who was in jail for reasons not mentioned in the book, and very sick.
Ben. Ben, who was an apprentice for Mr. Merriman, ran away to join the army. He wanted to fight against England for America's freedom. He got hurt though, and Felicity found him, secretly taking care of him until Ben made the right decision to come back home.
Posey. Felicity was given a lamb for her birthday, which she named Posey. She also got her grandmother's antique guitar, which was very beautiful. However, she carelessly left it outside, where it almost was ruined. Grandfather was very disappointed in Felicity, and took it away from her temporarily, until she was old enough to take care of it properly.
A dance lesson. Felicity received an invitation to a dance lesson at the governor's palace, courtesy of her teacher, Ms. Manderly. Although Felicity normally didn't enjoy wearing fancy gowns, she really wanted one made out of blue satin for the formal dancing lesson. Her mother, a wonderful seamstress, tried to make it for her, but fell too ill to. In the end, Felicity learned that some things, like loyalty to family and friends, are more important than ball gowns.
How to ride sidesaddle. Girls in Felicity's day didn't go to a normal school like girls do today. Instead, they went to finishing schools, schools where they learned to be a "proper" young lady. The book talks about Felicity learning all sorts of things from her teacher, except learning to ride sidesaddle, which would be something a proper young lady would do.
An apple. Book two opened up with Felicity sitting on the roof of her house, eating an apple. She was supposed to be picking apples from the ground, but found them much easier to pick from the top of the tree, perched up on the roof. It was either picking the apples, or making apple butter inside the hot, sticky kitchen with Mrs. Merriman - it was a no-brainer, really.
The tannery. Felicity went to the tannery with Ben, Mr. Merriman's apprentice. At the tannery, they found Mr. Jiggy Nye, an old drunk, beating a horse that was bright as a new copper penny. Felicity yelled at Mr. Nye for beating the horse, and became determined to help the poor mare.
Her stays. Corsets were popular undergarments worn under clothes, meant to given women a fashionable shape and posture. Nowadays, people know that children should not wear corsets, as it can give them serious health problems.
Valentines Day. It was almost Valentines Day. Samantha was living with Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia, since Grandmary had gotten married to the Admiral and was on a long Honeymoon. She enjoyed making Valentines with Aunt Cornelia every day after school, but Gertrude, the maid, did not appreciate the messes that were created from the paper and lace snippets.
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Teardrop Island. Grandmary owned a summer house, where there was a nearby island, which was beautiful. Samantha's mother and father used to go over there, until one time they were on their way back during a terrible thunder storm. The boat got ripped in the bottom due to sharp rocks, and they drowned.
Aunt Cornelia's sisters. The twins made their first appearance in "Happy Birthday, Samantha!".
In that book, Eddie tried to ruin Samantha's party by putting salt into the birthday peppermint ice cream. And then he managed to take Samantha's new teddy bear and not give it back. That was enough for Agatha; she called him a "nincompoop" before tackling him to the ground.
Petit-fours. When Samantha turned ten years old, it felt too childish and normal to have just a normal birthday party. So instead they threw a tea party, where all the girls wore their best Sunday dresses and acted like "proper young ladies". They had petit-fours, which, instead of one big cake, meant little, small, dainty cakes.
A music box. Uncle Gard gave her a music box which played Samantha's favorite Christmas carol. Grandmary gave her a sewing kit, and the best gift of all? It was from Cornelia, who gave Samantha the expensive doll she wanted, which had cost $20.
A turtle. Uncle Gard asked Samantha a few questions about the gift she was giving him. He asked "is it green", to which she replied "parts of it are". He asked "could I wear it on my head" and she giggled, saying "You'd look silly if you did!". He pretended to think it was a turtle, since some turtles are green and would look quite silly to be worn on your head!
Mount Better School. Nellie had a terrible time in school, since she was so old and was unable to read or write. So Samantha took matters into her own hands and started a school in the tower of her home, with Nellie being the only student and Samantha being the only teacher.
"Mount Better School" was a pun on the name of the school that Nellie went to, which was called "Mount Bedford School".
3x4. Samantha's annoying next-door neighbor, Eddie Ryland, told her "you are so dumb that you think 3x4 is 12". Of course, 3x4 IS 12, and Samantha told Eddie so.
The opening scene in the 2004 movie, starring AnnaSophia Robb, opened with the same quote, although the same things were not going on.
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