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SAMANTHA, 1904
Samantha Parkington is a nine-year-old orphan who lives with her very wealthy grandmother. Between Grandmary, Jessie the seamstress, Elsa the maid, Hawkins the butler and Mrs. Hawkins the cook, lots of people are trying to help Samantha become a proper Victorian young lady complete with frilly dresses, hair ribbons and good manners. But her life isn't only full of tea parties, and Samantha finds fun with her friends Nellie, Agatha, Agnes and the neighborhood pest, Eddie.
 MEET SAMANTHA: An American Girl (Book #1)
by Susan S. Addler
(September 1986)
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295043
Ages 7-up
61 pages
Ever since her parents died, Samantha has lived with her wealthy grandmother. She sometimes wishes she didn't have to wear the frilly dresses and ribbons Grandmary wants to see; Samantha would rather climb trees and explore with her best friend Nellie, a servant girl.
 SAMANTHA LEARNS A LESSON: A School Story (Book #2)
(September 1986)
by Susan S. Addler
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295132
Ages 7-up
61 pages
Samantha is an excellent student and is working hard to win a gold medal in the upcoming speaking contest. But she's also playing teacher, too, trying to help her best friend Nellie with her reading.
 SAMANTHA’S SURPRISE: A Christmas Story (Book #3)
(December 1987)
by Maxine Rose Schur
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295221
Ages 7-up
67 pages
Grandmary's house is buzzing when Uncle Gard invites his special friend Cornelia home for Christmas. In all the confusion, Samantha worries that everyone will forget about her and her Christmas wish.
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAMANTHA!: A Springtime Story (Book #4)
(June 1988)
by Valerie Tripp
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295353
Ages 7-up
62 pages
Bratty neighbor Eddie Ryland plays a mean trick that almost ruins Samantha's birthday. On her special day Samantha accepts an invitation from her friends Agnes and Agatha to take a trip into New York City --- and a very fancy ice cream parlor. But the good time gets out of hand and the girls find themselves lost in the big city.
 SAMANTHA SAVES THE DAY: A Summer Story (Book #5)
(September 1994)
by Valerie Tripp
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295418
Ages 7-up
65 pages
There's nothing better than summer at Piney Point, Grandmary's vacation home in the mountains. This summer is full of thrills and chills when Samantha and her friends Agatha and Agnes go exploring and a storm traps them on a small island.
 CHANGES FOR SAMANTHA: A Winter Story (Book #6)
(September 1988)
by Valerie Tripp
Pleasant Company
ISBN: 0937295477
Ages 7-up
67 pages
In a winter of big changes, Samantha moves to New York City to live with Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia. Samantha helps Nellie with some changes, too: the girls plan Nellie's escape from an awful orphanage.
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