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[MickeyisBeast]

Samantha and Elizabeth and Felicity are my favorites

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I've posted facebook likes like that before and haven't gotten in trouble... I guess it was just the wrong time xD

WOW MEG YOU BAD GIRL!

The minor personal attack...well, he deserved it, let's just say that.

And the arguementative/sarcastic...well, that went down when the whole Pink/Blue MM ''scandalas'' thing went down.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

74 pages in 24 hours
WOW.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The American Girl Co. introduced the Girls of Many Lands series in 2002. Each story is about a 12 year old girl living in a different time period in different parts of the world. The books, written by award-winning authors, originally came with a matching doll. Not toys to be played with, the dolls are delicately sculpted and exquisitely beautiful and meant to be displayed in a special place. The series was discontinued in 2005 and the dolls have become a very collectible item.

I STILL HAVE THESE BOOKS! I have almost all of them! On my shelf, right now!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Isabel (Taking Wing) England, 1592
Isabel Campion living in London, England in 1592 struggles with fitting her father's image of a "proper" girl, her adventurous and free-spirited ways often cause her problems in Tudor society. After making friends with a servant and having the audacity to watch a play at the theater, her father sends Isabel away to stay with her aunt de Vere in an attempt to have her learned in proper etiquette. Along the way she ends up in a situation with robbers, is rescued, and then has to disguise herself as a boy to join a group of theatrical performers.

Isabel finally reaches Aunt de Vere's estate and quickly develops an admiration for her. Isabel is then taught interesting subjects and helps with her Aunt's clinic. When word reaches that her baby sister, Hope, is ill and it might be the plague, Isabel goes home just in time. Her Aunt and old nurse have given up, but Isabel nurses Hope through the night and identifies that she does not have the plague. Isabel is welcomed home by her father where he tells her that he's sending her back because she has changed and he wants her to continue it.

(Ahhh! Loved that one! *goes back to put it on reading list*)

 

[scarscar93]

I had Molly's Christmas accessories! I loved the doll and snowglobe especially!

funny, I should probly look into watching the film adaptation. Though I'm kind of scared to see one of my childhood heroes have their story destroyed.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

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scarscar93 49
Stitch4Prez 40
marypops! 35
magicallyDisney001 34
DisneyRockstar 29
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Mickeysgirl34 10
wicked.witch.of.wdw 10
nerdylightbulb 7
~Serenity~ 6
Smiley.Socks 4
wdwllamadancer 3
froggy5657 2
TylerFG 2
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CowboyErin 1
I Am What I Am 1
VMK_MagicalLadee 1


...I'm in first? Wow. I'm not even trying.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

[edit] Cécile (Gates of Gold) France, 1711
In 1711 France, Cécile Revel is the daughter of a poor doctor, although she has learned to read and write and is an independent young lady. After helping a woman who had fallen from a horse, she ends up serving in the Versailles court of King Louis XIV. In the complicated world of court life, Cécile gradually discovers that her heart and spirit are more noble than she thinks. When most of the royal family falls ill, Cécile cannot bear for them all to die and locks herself and some maids in a room from the doctors with Prince Anjou. She is punished for doing so, but is given the chance to go to St. Cyr, a school for girls of noble blood.

(Love, love, love! Right before the French Revolution!)

 

[I Am What I Am]

When Pokemon ends, I shall curl into a ball and sob.

Because then my childhood will be completely and utterly over.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Spring Pearl (The Last Flower) China, 1857
Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write and work in a garden, twelve-year-old orphan Chou Spring Pearl realizes that her "odd ways" just don't fit in the Sung home, the home she is taken to after her parents die in 1857 during the Second Opium War in Canton, China. She decides to be herself and slowly wins the respect of her benefactor's family, whom did not initially respect her family or background. By being courageous and using her sensible practicality, Spring Pearl was able to save the Sung home.

(Also known as, The Book that Got Meg Addicted to Mah Jong)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Neela (Victory Song) India, 1939
Neela Sen is an independent-minded and freedom-loving Indian girl who is hoping for peace when preparing for her sister's wedding, dealing with her mother wanting her to marry. Her father is away on "business", or so her mother believes, but he is really marching for peace and India's independence. Neela finds out that he might be hurt and goes to search for him, which results in her traveling all the way to Calcutta, the biggest city in India. While in the city, which is owned by Great Britain, Neela learns the importance of India's independence, and sees a world beyond her small rural life. Along the way she is helped by a rich woman with a lavish lifestyle. Neela is able to save her father, and return home.

(This one was totally inspiring. Loved it!)

 

[scarscar93]

Spring Pearl (The Last Flower) China, 1857
Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write and work in a garden, twelve-year-old orphan Chou Spring Pearl realizes that her "odd ways" just don't fit in the Sung home, the home she is taken to after her parents die in 1857 during the Second Opium War in Canton, China. She decides to be herself and slowly wins the respect of her benefactor's family, whom did not initially respect her family or background. By being courageous and using her sensible practicality, Spring Pearl was able to save the Sung home.

(Also known as, The Book that Got Meg Addicted to Mah Jong)

I always wanted that doll, but my mom refused.

I also always wanted the AG Minis really badly.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Minuk (Ashes in the Pathway) Yup'ik Alaska, 1890
Minuk a young, curious, and mischievous Yup'ik girl in the banks of Alaska must endure the realization that her traditional way of life is changed forever with the arrival of Christian missionaries. Minuk is at first curious about the Hoffs and their strange ways. They have so many new things that she's never seen before. She also realizes that though they are different in some ways, ways about women remain the same. She grows a fondness for them, but realizes that the Hoffs are not as acceptable to her people's ways as they are to the Hoffs.

(Again, utterly amazing.)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Saba (Under the Hyena's Foot) Ethiopia, 1846
After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840s. Saba and her brother are initially sheltered in their home by their grandmother. Saba's brother, Mesfin, is tired of being treated like a child and encourages Saba to follow him in his disobedience and leave their sheltered home for a while. This gets them kidnapped and taken faraway to the palace of Gondar, where they discover secrets about their family and their past. Then suddenly, Mesfin disappears, and Saba is left all alone in the palace. Saba eventually comes up with a plan to save her brother, and finds the courage to escape the clutches of "the hyena."

(Did I have...I think I had this one. It was the last one I got, possibly. I'm not sure which ones are still on my shelf. Gonna go look once I post the last girl!)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Leyla (The Black Tulip) Turkey, 1720
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul. Finding herself in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules, although it offers Leyla an unexpected opportunity during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720s. On the voyage, Leyla is in awe of how vast the world is. But Leyla soon discovers her voyage will lead her to slavery. She is bought at a market and taken to the Topkapi Palace, the secret world of women, where her life changes forever.

(Eeesh, another good one!)

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Kathleen (The Celtic Knot) Ireland, 1937
Twelve-year-old Kathleen Murphy from Ireland comes from a poor family. When she and her sisters are caught for being late to their Catholic school, it is requested that she brings her mother the next day. During the meeting of Kathleen's mother and the nun, it is suggested that she starts Irish dancing. Kathleen dreads this because of Tess O'Hara, who has been dancing since she was six. Kathleen attends the lesson and discovers that she loves her newfound talent and often says it feels like flying. However, at the end of the lesson, she is asked to pay her ninepence which Kathleen cannot afford. Tess and her group laugh at her and say that its free to them only because their family helps pay for the studio. Kathleen, embarrassed, tells her mother just as her father comes from work.

He gives her the ninepence to pay for that day. The next day, the teacher tells her Kathleen can go to the lessons for free because she is light on her feet and she is desperate to win the competition. Kathleen however soon discovers that to compete, it is requires to have an appropriate costume. Kathleen and her mother try to get some remnant material from a fabric store, but Tess O'Hara took every last bit of it for her costume. Kathleen starts praying to God for a costume and her prayers are answered when her Aunt Polly makes her a dress out of green curtains. The story ends with Kathleen winning the competition and Aunt Polly celebrating her marriage.

(The last one, and my favourite of the girls!)

 

[I Am What I Am]

 

[I Am What I Am]

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Aww, this sucks. I can only find 4/8 of the books. Isabel, Saba, Spring Pearl, and Kathleen. Gotta find those others! I had them all!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I loved The Amanda Show. Looooved it!