{"id":2322,"date":"2017-07-03T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2017-07-02T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T02:07:00","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-76-american-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-76-american-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 76 &#8211; American Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Meet Addy<\/i> by Connie Porter and\u00a0<em>Molly Saves the Day\u00a0<\/em>by Valerie Tripp, from the American Girl series.\u00a0Listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-76-american-girl\/\">the podcast<\/a> to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bellsstar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bellsstar-150x191.jpg\" alt=\"Bell's Star (Horse Diaries)\" width=\"173\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bellsstar-150x191.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bellsstar-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bellsstar.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/birchbark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/birchbark-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/birchbark-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/birchbark-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/birchbark.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fala-150x192.jpg\" alt=\"Fala (Dog Diaries)\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fala-150x192.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fala-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fala.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sbQ8Fv\"><em>Bell&#8217;s Star<\/em> (Horse Diaries series) by Alison Hart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2s2pgs8\"><em>The Birchbark House<\/em> by Louise Erdrich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ttp:\/\/amzn.to\/2s6NVQB\"><em>Fala<\/em> (Dog Diaries series) by Kate Klimo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honor-girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honor-girl-150x193.jpg\" alt=\"Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash\" width=\"156\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honor-girl-150x193.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honor-girl-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/honor-girl.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lincoln.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lincoln-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"I Am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lincoln-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lincoln.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/harriet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/harriet-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/harriet-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/harriet-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/harriet.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tb4vyt\"><em>Honor Girl<\/em> by Maggie Thrash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u5luiv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I Am Abraham Lincoln<\/em> (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u54F7q\"><em>Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl<\/em> by Harriet Jacobs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/james.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/james-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1963 by Jim Murphy \" width=\"155\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/james-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/james-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/james.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lumberjanes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lumberjanes-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, &amp; Brooke Allen\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lumberjanes-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lumberjanes-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lumberjanes.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar-150x212.jpg\" alt=\"My Secret War (Dear America) by Mary Pope Osborne\" width=\"155\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/mysecretwar.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2taLVGx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Journal of James Edmond Pease: A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863<\/em> (My Name is America series) by Jim Murphy <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tbOrg9\"><em>Lumberjanes<\/em> by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, &amp; Brooke Allen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sx39yv\">My Secret War (Dear America) by Mary Pope Osborne<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dear-150x217.jpg\" alt=\"A Picture of Freedom (Dear America) by Patricia McKissak\" width=\"152\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dear-150x217.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dear-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dear.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/purrmaids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/purrmaids-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Scaredy Cat (Purrmaids) by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/purrmaids-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/purrmaids-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/purrmaids.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/who-was.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/who-was-150x215.jpg\" alt=\"Who Was Harriet Tubman? By Yona Zeldis McDonough\" width=\"154\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/who-was-150x215.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/who-was-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/who-was.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tbk619\"><em>A Picture of Freedom<\/em> (Dear America series) by Patricia McKissak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2s6Rruh\"><em>The\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Scaredy Cat<\/em> (Purrmaids series) by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u5nlUs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Who Was Harriet Tubman?<\/em> By <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yona Zeldis McDonough<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Meet Addy by Connie Porter and\u00a0Molly Saves the Day\u00a0by Valerie Tripp, from the American Girl series.\u00a0Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1170,1166,1173,1178,1175,170,1174,1171,1172,1182,1167,1168,1176,81,1177,1179,1180,48,30,1181,1184,1183],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-alison-hart","tag-american-girl","tag-brad-meltzer","tag-brooke-allen","tag-dear-america","tag-grace-ellis","tag-harriet-jacobs","tag-kate-klimo","tag-maggie-thrash","tag-mary-pope-osborne","tag-meet-addy","tag-molly-saves-the-day","tag-my-name-is-america","tag-noelle-stevenson","tag-ordinary-people-change-the-world","tag-patricia-mckissak","tag-purrmaids","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-sudipta-bardhan-quallen","tag-who-was","tag-yona-zeldis-mcdonough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2347,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}