Product Description

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This companion book to the Felicity stories focuses on Felicity's best friend Elizabeth, an English girl from a prominent Loyalist family.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #224568 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 81 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781593690618
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5–Ten-year-old Elizabeth Cole lives in Williamsburg in 1775. She and her friend Felicity Merriman (from the Felicity books in the American Girl series) delight in teasing Elizabeths proper, but boy-crazed, 16-year-old sister, Annabelle. The pranks backfire, leading to the threat that Elizabeth will be taken to England when Annabelle marries Lord Harry Lacey. In protest, she concentrates her mischief on prissy Miss Priscilla, Harrys domineering sister. This inspires mild-mannered Harry to stand up for himself, prompting Annabelle to show a glimpse of spine, too. The book includes six pages of illustrated historical data on Courtship and Marriage in 1775. Elizabeth and Felicity are charming, well drawn, and appealing. Except for Priscilla and Harry, secondary characters are paper-doll thin. Annabelle may rise to pasteboard depth, but before the story concludes, readers find her reverting to her old ways. The book is long on historical contextual detail, and the style is highly accessible without attempting to re-create historical dialogue.–Marlene Johnson, Paradise Education Center, Surprise, AZ
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Customer Reviews

Not terrible, but the Felicity books were much better.
This new book in the American Girls Collection tells a story about Felicity's best friend, Elizabeth Cole. It is set in the winter of 1775, between the Felicity books Felicity Saves the Day and Changes for Felicity.

Elizabeth, with the help of Felicity, loves to play pranks on her snobby older sister, sixteen-year-old Annabelle. When Annabelle becomes betrothed to a rich English nobleman, Elizabeth has a hard time understand why her sister is so happy to marry and move far away to England. Annabelle's betrothed, Lord Harry, turns out to be a clumsy, quiet young man who is ordered around by his older sister, Miss Priscilla. Elizabeth joins Annabelle's etiquette lessons with Miss Priscilla as an opportunity to play pranks on her sister, but her plan backfires. Due to her secret tricks, Annabelle behaves oddly, while Elizabeth appears a proper young lady. Because of this, Miss Priscilla decides she wants to take Elizabeth back to England with her after the wedding, to train her to fit into English society and later find a husband there. Elizabeth now must find a way to convince her parents and Miss Priscilla that she must remain in Virginia.

This wasn't a terrible book, but it was one of the more disappointing ones in the American Girls Collection. It was really different from the Felicity books. The plot was very silly, and Elizabeth seemed rather different from her character in Felicity's stories. And there was much less of the historical detail than in the main Felicity series. I'd recommend reading this book if you want to read the whole collection, otherwise you could probably pass on it. It's not a terrible book, but there's nothing really great about it, either.

Not the same Elizabeth as in the Felicity books
When you meet Elizabeth in the Felicity books, she is shy and very afraid of her big sister. However, in this book, she acts like a totally different person from the way she seems to dare her sister, something she would never do in the Felicity books. In fact, Elizabeth's pranks seem more up Felicity's alley and yet Felicity wouldn't even dare go so far. It's as if American Girl forgot who they were writing about and just decided to change Elizabeth's character. Very odd. And why did they change her hair color from the original Felicity stories? (Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things; I'm just curious.)

It was GREAT!!!
I read this whole book yesterday while I was waiting for the fireworks to start. I LOVED it! Elizabeth was very, very, very funny. Felicity and Elizabeth love to play tricks on Annabelle. The last trick they played in the book on the very annoying lady, Miss. Priscilla, was soooooooooo funny! You have to read this book!