1997, Pleasant Company Publications
85 pgs.
Erly Middle Grade Historical Fiction
Finished 8-10-17
Goodreads rating: 3.85 - 3491 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: 1820's Santa Fe, NM
First line/s: "Josefina Montoya hummed to herself as she stood in the sunshine waiting for her sisters."
My comments: A good, wholesome, story with a seemingly well-researched setting just outside Santa Fe New Mexico in the 1820s. This is the first in this American Girl series about a New Mexican, Spanish-speaking nine-year-old, the youngest of four girls being raised by their widowed father.
Goodreads synopsis: Josefina Montoya is growing up on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1824. Ever since Mama died a year before, Josefina and her three sisters have been struggling to carry on without her. One bright fall day, happy news arrives--their beloved grandfather is returning home after a long trading trip. Josefina knows that he will bring exciting stories and wonderful treasures from his journey. But this time he brings something more--a great surprise that Josefina and her sisters never even dreamed of!"
