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Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story
Children's fiction
Samantha Saves the Day: A Summer Story
Book 5 of the American Girls Collection Series: Samantha series
74 pages · First published 1988
Samantha spends the summer at Grandmary’s mountain home, where she and twins Agnes and Agatha discover a sketchbook that belonged to Samantha’s late mother. A drawing of a waterfall on the island connected to Samantha’s parents’ fatal boating accident inspires the girls to set out secretly in search of it. Their expedition becomes dangerous when weather turns against them and Samantha must rely on courage rather than nostalgia. This American Girl summer story combines family memory, adventure, and grief as Samantha revisits a place tied to the parents she barely had time to know.
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Death and violence · Death, grief, and loss
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