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Peter W. Wood on American Girls on National Review Online |
 | | Josephina is "a girl of heart and hope growing up in 1834 in New Mexico, a place of hard work, danger, and dreams." Kirsten is "a pioneer girl of strength and spirit growing up in Minnesota in 1854." She was born in Sweden and immigrated with her family. |
 | | Although Kaya, like the other American Girls, is assigned to a particular year, her moment has really been selected to evoke a timeless pre-history, free of the complications of actual American history. |
 | | The American Girls are designed, in effect, as toys for the daughters of BoBo parents, who are attracted as much by the America-isn't-perfect subtext as by the exquisite and often over-the-top craftsmanship. |
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