UPDATED! The American Girl Caroline Abbott book covers and additional items have been added at Amazon.
Caroline’s Boxed Set with Game
Caroline’s Secret Message – Book 2
A Surprise for Caroline – Book 3
Caroline Takes a Chance – Book 4
Just added – here are even more photos of Caroline from the catalog that is about to be released.
Here is a photo of Caroline Abbott from the American Girl Facebook Page:
UPDATE 6/5/2012 – According to multiple reports from the BookExpo Caroline’s year is 1812 – the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. That makes sense based on the outline of her dress making it from the Regency style of clothing that was popular during that time (think high waist, simple design).
UPDATE 5/14/2012 - American Girl posted on their Facebook page today that the new historical character for 2012 will be named Caroline Abbott along with the image below:
And here is the cover of her craft book:
Obviously no photo of her but the flower basket is interesting.
Updated!! It’s official. There will be a new American Girl Historical character added in 2012. Like previous historical releases, the new doll looks like she will be debuting around September 1, 2012.
One of our readers (thanks to Priya) found an American Girl Caroline book at a used bookstore and snapped a photo of the back cover with the other bookcovers on it:
The Caroline Abbott series of books by Kathleen Ernst are:
- Meet Caroline! Book 1
- Caroline’s Secret Message – Book 2
- A Surprise for Caroline – Book 3
- Caroline Takes a Chance – Book 4
- Caroline’s Battle – Book 5
- Changes for Caroline – Book 6
Love those Doll Diaries sleuths – like Jenny – who find the coolest clues to American Girl scoop going!! Thank you.
According to the Transatlantic Literary Agency website, Kathleen Ernst has a set of 6 books in the works for American Girl to be released in 2012. How interesting!! And they are supposed to be historical – even more interesting!
Kathleen Ernst has authored many of the American Girl mysteries and has written other history-based stories for young adults. Some of her titles include:
- The Runaway Friend: A Kirsten Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
- Danger At The Zoo: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
- Clues in the Shadows: A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
Now, we just have to patiently wait for more clues as to who the new girl will be!
Well let’s see:
Kaya:pacific northwest
Felicity: Virginia
Josefina: New Mexico
Cecile and MG: Louisiana
Addy: Philadelphia
Kirsten: Minnesota
Samantha: New York
Rebecca: New York
Kit: Ohio
Molly: Illinois
Julie: California
I’d say there’s a good chance Caroline will be from the South – my guess is Tennessee, with the “volunteer” angle (TN is called the Volunteer State because so many from Tenn volunteered to fight in the war of 1812).
This doesn’t have anything to do with Caroline, but I’ve noticed users on this site mention the “AG Trademark site”, and I was wondering if someone could post a link to that site? It sounds cool and I would love to look at it! Thank ya
I bet she’ll have red hair… They don’t have a historical with one
Lauren, its Trademarkia that I use to find trademarks.
Yay! I can’t wait till she comes out! My friends really want her when she comes out. I hope the debut is on a weekend, because last year for Cecile and Marie-Grace, it was on a school day (weekday). Plus I debut you might even get her for FREE!
Thanks Lena! That helped a lot
I can’t wait to see how she looks! From June, September is a very long time to wait. Maybe if she’s pretty I’ll try to add her to my collection…
I vote she’ll be either a dark haired brunette or a rusty redhead
Yay for 1812!
But does this mean the ’4′ pattern is discarded by AG?
Jenny – I think so!
: o It’s quite shocking for AG! Yet at the same time, it definitely allows them to explore different years rather than just stick to the old 4 pattern.
And I’m sure an 1812 doll would be a lot more cooler than an 1814 one
They haven’t been following the 4 pattern since Molly! Molly begins in 1943, Kit begins in 1932, Julie in 1975. Seriosly, the pattern has long been abandoned, they just started saying it officially.
1812, saw it comming. Now, onto looks, pet, and where she will live. My guess is Baltimore and redhead or possibly blonde, seeing as how the last 3 historicals all have brown hair.
Baltimore would be fabulous! I love that town. And they are having the 200th Anniversary celebration of the Star Spangled Banner there next weekend. Complete with a parade of the tall ships.
I think Caroline is going to be a redhead, as Mckenna, even though she is a GOT, is blonde and it seems that many people would like a redhead, from reading many comments. . Also, I think Molly and Emily will be retired, since Marie Grace and Cecile were introdoced as the most recent historical dolls. And my guess is, that would leave the door opened for the next historical doll(after caroline) to possibly be from the 1950′s to the 1960′s era. Since if my guess is correct, and molly & emily are retired, AG can make a new doll to replace her that would be closer to Molly’s time.
Aw… I was hoping she’d be from the 50′s
I wanted her to look like a mini Lucy Ricardo 
Oh well. 1812 will do too. I hope she’ll be southern!
Aww there are to many dolls from the 1800′s i want one from the 1980′s or 1950′s
Oh well, i hope she has red hair, Felicity is the only historical do far that has had red hair. And hopefully by the time she comes out she won’t be to expensive. I hope she looks different from my other dolls ( #23, #27, Kanani, Mckenna, #35, and Molly) Because i don’t like to get dolls that look to much like eachother. 
^Let’s count:
1900s: Samantha, Nellie, Rebecca, Kit, Ruthie, Molly, Emily, Julie, Ivy. 9 dolls.,
1800s: Caroline, Josefina, Marie-Grace, Cecile, Kirsten, Addy. 6 dolls.
I think there are way too many from the 1900s and am glad to see some from the 1800s. Also, a 1980s historical would make me feel old.
Emily’s a redhead. But I agree, I hope for either red hair for her, or jet black.
I’m still puzzled as to how an 80s girl can work for AG. What will her Looking Back sections be like?
I’m so excited! I was right about the year for once! Hahaha!
O MY GOSH I CAN NOT WAIT I AM GONNA MAKE MY MOM DRIVE 2 HOURS TO GET TO AMERICAN GIRL AND GET HER AND CHAR WHEN IS HER RELEASE DATE
aglover – she is scheduled to come out the beginning of September.
i cant wait to see what she looks like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My vote is she will be from Tennessee (I hope!! I’ve been wanting a southern doll since I started my collection ten years ago!) and that she will have blond hair.
I also really hope they will debut her on a weekend. Saturday would be amazing! I start school August 28th (a Tuesday) which means the 1st of September would be a Saturday! I would love to go to the debut in Seattle or LA (both close to where I live) so that I could enter the drawing and throw some money around! Haha…I’ve been saving since I heard there was going to be a new historical doll and should have enough to do some serious damage after a plane ticket, car rental…my dad’s gonna have a stroke…;)
I will ALSO say (sorry can’t stop talking here) that I think they will retire Addy next. I was just as Costco today and saw that they have new paper doll sets ($20) for every historical character except for Addy…just a thought. Also, as a heads up, Costco had the McKenna books (as did Barnes and Noble) TWO WEEKS before she was released!!
^So did the store I used to work at.
I only found paper doll sets for Rebecca, Kit, Molly, and Julie at Costco. Do the other dolls have them?
oh i hope she is from west virginia, i know its not southern, but WV is a beautiful state!!
1812? Well then,Caroline would probably be from a state that was right in the middle of the war. But she just sounds so southern but she couldn’t be from any place like Texas because they weren’t really states yet…maybe Louisiana? And I am sure they will retire Addy. It’s sad. I think Addy,then Josephine,then Kaya.
I hope Caroline dresses very fancy. I also hope that she has light skin, blue eyes, no part like McKenna, and long curly hair like Kanani’s but red.
I think if they didn’t already have Marie-Grace and Cecile from New Orleans, she would’ve been from there. Because in the War of 1812, we won the Battle of New Orleans and inside of that story, is the story of Jean Lafitte. I’m thinking she might be French or of the French descent.