Just Josefina

by Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley · 2002

American Girls Short Stories seriesNext:Kit's Home Run(2002) →

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Josefina's grandparents from Santa Fe come to visit—and they bring Tia Delores with them. She is excited to see them, but trying to please her own new ways with her grandmother's old ways may be tough. Illustrations.

Genre
historical fiction
Themes
childhood
Setting
New Mexico
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 56 pages

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