Samantha Saves the Wedding

by Valerie Tripp

When Cornelia's veil is ruined on the day of her wedding ceremony in 1904, nine-year-old Samantha comes to the rescue. Includes information on wedding customs in the early 1900s and instructions for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584850353
• ISBN13: 9781584850359
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
• Length: 41 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 4.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7

Customer Reviews

wonderful book

i bought this one to add to my collation and I loved it so I bought one for my niece who is a major American girl fan and she was so excited

Great American Girl Short Story

History, a great story and an authentic historical craft! Not only that, but just the right size for girl-sized hands. A+++++++ Cannot be beat!

Highly recommended

This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Samantha Parkington, a nine-year-old orphan girl living in the America of 1904. In this book, the families are preparing for Uncle Gard and Cornelia's wedding, and Samantha and Cornelia's sisters are preparing to be bride's maids. However, when a disaster strikes, it is up to Samantha to save the wedding!The final chapter of this book is a wonderfully interesting look at weddings in 1904 America, and has instructions for making a tussie-mussie (a small bouquet carried by bridesmaids). My twelve-year-old daughter is a devoted fan of Samantha, and deeply enjoyed this book. We both recommend this book to you.

I want my tussie-mussie!

"Samantha Saves the Wedding" combines text by Valerie Tripp with illustrations by Dan Andreasen. Taking place in 1904, this book is part of the excellent "American Girls Short Stories" series of books for young readers. The story and supplements total about 50 pages.Samantha is a 9-year old girl. She is visiting the "elegant town house" of the Pitt family, whose daughter Cornelia is engaged to marry Samantha's Uncle Gard. There is an unexpected mishap, but as the book's title indicates, the heroine "Saves the Wedding" with generosity and quick thinking.This is a good story, although the whole society wedding motif is a bit frothy for my tastes (I prefer the grittier, more working-class vibe of some of the other books in this series). There are, as in the other books in this series, a number of fun and educational supplemental features, such as a "Meet the Author" page.There is also "A Peek into the Past," a supplement which looks at weddings and courtship in 1904; there are vintage photos and illustrations of historic items. The "American Girl Pastime" section gives instructions on how to make a tussie-mussie, which is a small bouquet whose flowers can carry symbolic messages. Overall, a worthy entry in a strong series for young readers.

Samantha Saves the Wedding

This story is about a nine-year old orphan named Samantha. Her uncle is getting married to a lady named Cornelia, who has three younger sisters. Two of them are twins named Agnes and Agatha. The other sister is a very young girl named Alice. Agnes and Agatha are the same age as Samantha. One day Alice wanted to try on her sister's wedding veil. But she rips it. Then Samantha saves the day and lets Cornelia use her mother's old wedding veil. And it turns out to be a beautiful wedding.

A treasure for girls and girls at heart!

I've been enjoying the American Girls collection since I was a little girl(I'm 18 now).I have all the books and I am always thrilled everytime a new one is released. Samantha is my favourite character and this book is an addition to the Samantha Collection.It's well written and follows the same pattern as the other books.It's a nice story filled with adventure and nice pictures as well.For me it's an A+.