Meet Felicity: Valerie Tripp

Chapter Book
Meet Felicity is a historical fiction novel about a young girl, Felicity, who is growing up in the 1770’s colonial America. The novel describes the young girls’ penchant for horses and helping her father. She falls in love with a particular horse, Penny, owned by and old man, Jiggy Nye who mistreats the beautiful horse. Penny befriends the boy who works in her father’s store, Ben, and together they bond to save the horse from the cruelty of her master. I think that this story is a cute one, and could be read by students in the middle of elementary school, grades 1 or 2 to 3 or 4. I think that this book is especially interesting because it follows a headstrong and brave girl who young girls of today can admire for her intelligence, courage and strength. I also appreciate the back of the book, where it gives a glance into the past, telling some important historical information and a character tree at the front of the book.