UPDATE!
I finally tracked down the cover of the book (thanks to a super amazing reader) for Lanie, the American Girl of the Year (GOTY) for 2010, and we know the storylines from her books.
Lanie Book Cover
Thanks to a sleuthy reader (Sitara) for sending me the following information.
It looks like the American Girl Girl of the Year 2010 may be African American. The books show up on Amazon without any titles, but the author is listed as Jane Kurtz.
Girl of the Year 2010, Book 1 (American Girl Today)
Girl of the Year 2010, Book 2: Girl of the Year 2010′s Real Adventures (American Girl Today)
Jane Kurtz grew up in eastern Ethiopia and writes for children based on her experiences growing up in Africa. She is also the author of:
Saba: Under the Hyena’s Foot (Girls of Many Lands)
Fire on the Mountain (Aladdin Picture Books)
Based on the fact that we have not had an African American Girl of the Year, we have an African American president who has daughters in the target age for American Girl and the books that Jane Kurtz has already authored, I would put my guesses on an African American GOTY with an interesting story!
That’s neat, Madeline!
What do the new JLY dolls look like?
Thank you, Lily!
Yeah what do those dolls look like! Please post pictures, anybody!
Also, they have new meet outfits, right, or are they sticking to the star-hoody?
They change the meet outfit for the JLY dolls every two years. The star hoody will be replaced next year.
No catalog. Maybe tomorrow.
2 have red hair and green eyes by the looks of it (watch Holly do the happy dance), one has med skin, and one is Not!Nicki
You mean they made a dupilcate of Nicki?
You know how 28 is a Not!Marisol, 29 a Not!Jess? It looks like they made a Not!Niki and a Not!Mia.
Wait new stuff???? When is it coming out??????
FYI~ I lost my soccer game. I 4get the final score but I kno we lost.
Sorry to hear that Sara.
New stuff Thursday, according to my little birdie informant.
Oh, you mean looks just like it but not the real thing, Lena?
I’m saying there are differences (28′s hair is shorter than Marisol’s), but look very much alike.
They want little girls to think “That doll looks just like the one I want but they don’t sell anymore! I want her!”
Can’t wait until Thursday. I’ll be done with my tests for the week. And I’m really mad at my Algebra teacher for assigning excessive homework. Once you’ve done it a few times and understand the concept pretty well, you don’t need to 40+ more repitions of it. I get it already!!! Aargh.
Lena, do you like the new JLY stuff?
It’s kinda meh. there’s a new bed, pjs, and holiday clothes, but again i don’t collect JLY.
wow our first time we have a african american girl of the year!
I don’t collect JLY, but I like to see if there’s something I would like to have for my two AGT dolls. Is the new bed cute? I’m very excited to see the new historical stuff.
I guess its OK, but I’m gonna wait till I see people’s pics of all the new stuff. AG’s known for bad pictures, and cataloges are no exception, so I’m gonna wait.
I don’t collect JLY’s but I like to see the dolls and the clothes, name the dolls, give them a “wardrobe,” and a personality, all without buying anything. Some of the JLY dolls are cute but I would never get them. I’m all for the historicals.
I don’t believe my catalogue came today, either. I always get them late.
Yes Lena I am so doing my happy dance!!!
I just wish they had gray eyes….. What style is her wig in? Like bangs, or what?
One is kinda like Chrissa’s style, one has longer straight hair. Both have either green or hazel eyes.
If only one had blue eyes with Chrissa’s style….. sigh…… Oh, well. I’m probably still love her.
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Ya, I get mine pretty late 2.
I just finished my Algebra homework. It took me seven pages of notebookpaper front and back. SEVEN!!!!! Time to do study for my test, quiz, write a thesis, finish part of a packet, etc.
I HATE SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O, by the way, when will AG have it up on the site?
Lena said Thursday.
Yikes – I feel bad for you, Lily.
Thanks, Anne. Hopefully tonight was the exception, not the rule. I’m studying for my history test right now. At least that doesn’t require writing and more writing. Good night for now.
i won a mini zen caligrophy set in a raffle. it has the brushes and you make the ink and a mini book with words.
That’s neat that you make the ink with your calligraphy. I like winning stuff, even if the prize isn’t much. It’s a thrill, I guess. And I see that you corrected the spelling of chrysanthemum. That’s a looong word!
Ok, I have a few corrections to make now that I look at the cataloge when I’m not asleap.
That JLY I said was medium, is light skined with black hair and blue eyes.
What I said was Rebecca’s Hanukka set is really just her sabbat set.
Also, JLY has a new ice skating dress that looks nothing like what a skater would wear to me, but I’ll leave the final verdict to Aaryana and Anne.
And and I’m excited… Julie’s bike has a banana seat! I just noticed! I had one just like it when I was little (in Poland)!
Ugh, I can almost imagine what the ice skating outfit looks like. They were never great (that last one being the worst, with the purple skates and all) and I bet it only went downhill from there. Skaters usually just wear tight stretchy pants, tight jackets, and t-shirts to practice, or a simple black skirt (not a dress) with a t-shirt and a jacket. Competition dresses aren’t used much at all – for a test, competition, show, and a few times just to try it out. That’s all. No sparkles on a regular basis (I am guessing the outfit is sparkly). I hate it when they release outfits like that – it makes the sport seem like a joke
. I hope I get my catalog today.
Lena, I goggled banana seats and they look really cool! Are they comfy?
The only raffle I remember winning was a $5 gift card to a local pizza place when I was in middle school. I want to win a raffle for an expensive item (like if they had a Kit and Ruthie raffle at B&N again, I would enter) so I can sell the item unopened for a profit. I wish I had done that. Nothing against Kit and Ruthie, but I don’t want them and would not want to keep them. But, because of how the B&N raffles have been described on here, I would not enter and hope that someone who could not afford the dolls won them.
My brother and I have calligraphy sets – they are so cool! I like winning raffles (even for small things), too.
Anne, the dress has white skates BUT glod laces. The dress itself is gold toned, with sequins all over (you guessed right) and is just below the knee length. It also has creamish gloves.
Ignoring those horrid purple skates, that last one was better, IMO.
I don’t really remember it how comfortable the seat was, because the sidewalks were VERY uneven (I lived near the Owl Mountains… feel free to google this too) and I was five when I left Poland, so I can’t tell you what happened to this bike.
Was the weather nice in Poland? I’m sick of this heat!
I saw the new skating outfit. Ouch. I didn’t mind the purple skates outfit *that* much, but Mia had fabulous skating costumes.
Homework time! I want to get done as soon as possible so I can enjoy tonight at least a little bit.
Lily~ if u don’t like heat, then u need 2 move 2 where I live! We aren’t that warm!!
Ya, I would agree w/ u on that. However, I like all of the new outfits (that’s just me).
anybody on??????
Hello Sara. It is me, AGlover!
HI everybody!
I have 2 AG dolls. Julie and Chrissa.
I want to get a JLY.
Hi AGlover! Today’s a happy day! Cause, I don’t have soccer practice, game, and I have only a little bit of homework!! But, it’s sad cause I miss one of my very best friends. She is in Nebraska (she didn’t move there) and I miss her so bad!!!