Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story

by Janet Shaw

American Girl: Kirsten (5)

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Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.

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This one was cute. Different from the others in that the only real lesson was "listen to your parents" and oh yeah "maybe don't try fight bears and bees for honey". But still cute.
Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
Kirsten is trying to help her family by gathering honey from the bee tree, but she goes about it the wrong way. Rather than getting help, she tries to get it themselves to impress them. When a bear comes onto the scene, she and her little brother just barely escape and she understands her mistake. In they end they get the honey, a hive, and everything they need including a new hat for Kirsten.
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Graef, Renée (Illustrator)

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American Girl (Kirsten 5)

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Canonical title
Kirsten Saves the Day: A Summer Story
People/Characters
Kirsten Larson
Important places
Minnesota, USA
First words
"We need enough fish for our supper, and for Uncle Olav's family, too," Mama told Kirsten and her littler brother Peter.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They could see that they were making progress in settling the wilderness.

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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PZ7 .S53423 .KLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Reviews
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Rating
½ (3.68)
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English
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Paper, Ebook
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