Happy Birthday, Molly!

Valerie Tripp

Turtleback, 1987 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 64 pages

Molly is a lively, lovable schemer and dreamer growing up in 1944. Her stories describe her life on the home front during World War Two. Molly doesn't like many of the changes the war has brought, and she especially misses her father, who is away caring for wounded soldiers. But Molly learns the importance of getting along and pulling together -- just as her country has to do to win the war!

Molly and her friend Emily plan a birthday party together. But their friendship starts to fade when they find themselves at odds.

Contents

• CHAPTER: 16
• CHAPTER THREE: 28
• CHAPTER FOUR: 39

About the author

Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating educational materials for major publishers. In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Happy Birthday, Molly!; American Girls Collection: Molly 1944; Volume 40 of American Girls Series; American girls collection
• Author: Valerie Tripp
• Editor: Jeanne Thieme
• Illustrated by: David Gaadt, Nick Backes
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Turtleback, 1987
• ISBN: 0833509632, 9780833509635
• Length: 64 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Dating & Relationships