Meet Felicity

Meet Felicity
By:  Valerie Tripp
Illustrations By:  Dan Andreasen
Copyright 1991
Pleasant Company
Historical Fiction Genre

                                                      Meet Felicity (An American Girl)

     This is a fun book for children to read. While it is an adventurous story about 9 year old Felicity, it sets the image of what life was like in America during 1774. Felicity is expected to be prim and proper like the other girls her age, however, she very much dislikes wearing dresses, corsets, and sewing. What Felicity does like are horses. In Meet Felicity, Felicity grows fondly of a horse she names Penny. This horse is neglected and abused by Mr. Nye, a "cold-hearted scoundrel (Tripp 8)". Felicity ends up setting Penny free at the end of the book by dressing in the clothes of her father's apprentice.
     What I love about this book is how driven Felicity is. It brings a connection that readers from any era can relate to. I would definitely recommend this book to my students. It's easy to build a connection with Felicity and I really like that at the end of the book they have a section that talks about what life was like in America during the 1770s. They even include some illustrations and photographs which are beautiful. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.