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Tripp, Valerie

Happy Birthday, Josefina!: A Springtime Story

69 pp. | Pleasant | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 1-56247-588-6 $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 1-56247-587-8 $$5.95
(4) 4-6 American Girls Collection series. Illustrated by Jean-Paul Tibbles & Susan McAliley. Growing up in New Mexico in the mid-1820s, Josefina finds her vocation as a healer in Happy Birthday; prevents disaster when an American wagon train comes to Santa Fe in Saves the Day, and, in Changes, paves the way for her aunt to marry her widowed father. Despite occasional flaws (flat characters, some far-fetched plot elements), these accessible novels feature a likable heroine and an interesting setting.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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