Meet Caroline
Caroline Abbott is doing what she loves most--sailing on Lake Ontario with Papa--when her world turns upside down. A British officer boards their sloop, announces that Britain and America are once again at war, and takes her father prisoner. As Papa is led away, Caroline promises him that she...
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Caroline Abbott is doing what she loves most--sailing on Lake Ontario with Papa--when her world turns upside down. A British officer boards their sloop, announces that Britain and America are once again at war, and takes her father prisoner. As Papa is led away, Caroline promises him that she will be brave until he returns. Then the British attack her village, and it looks as if the Americans are in trouble. Can she stay steady enough to help win the day? The illustrated "Looking Back" section explores the beginning of the War of 1812.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781593698829 (1593698828)
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: American Girl Publishing
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Series: American Girls: Caroline (#1)
Whole series review. In true American Girls fashion, Caroline is another spunky, fundamentally good girl not above making the sort of mistakes that make an adult facepalm but sound like a good idea, at the time, to a ten year old. Her story is set during the War of 1812, which probably few people kn...
Introducing the newest protagonist in the American Girl lineup, Caroline Abbot, a witness to the War of 1812.(Personally, I was hoping for an Asian American instead of another blue-eyed blonde, but I'll begrudgingly accept the war's 200th anniversary as an reasonable excuse.) Caroline's father is a ...
Good time period, overall very readable set of books. Less overall character development and adventures than some of the other American Girls and it is strange to break from the ???4 year pattern, with this being in 1812.
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