A Reward for Josefina (American Girl Collection)
by Valerie Tripp
American Girl: Josefina (Short Stories — Short Story 2)
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When the entire family goes into the hills to collect piñon nuts, Josefina hopes to find the most in order to make Tía Dolores proud of her.Tags
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Josefina wants to compete for the reward for collecting the most pinon nuts, but most of all for Tia Dolores’ respect. She thinks she hasn’t got a chance when she is put in charge of Ana’s son, Jaun. They follow a squirrel and collect the most nuts, and, though the prize of a sugar cone is taken by the squirrel, Josefina’s cleverness win’s her aunt’s admiration.
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- A Reward for Josefina
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Josefina Montoya; Ana Montoya; Francisca Montoya; Clara Montoya; Dolores Romero; Antonio Montoya (show all 7); Juan Montoya
- First words
- Josefina walked quickly and skipped every few steps to match Tia Dolores' long strides.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For her, no reward on earth could be sweeter than Tia Dolores's praise.
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