NOTE: This post has been modified from the original published on 11/18/16 to give you guys more information on the new Girl of the Year!
Here's everything AGDN knows about American Girl's 2017 Girl of the Year doll, Gabriela McBride:
Name: Her name is confirmed by an American Girl employee that her name is going to be Gabriela McBride.
Story/Interests: Gabriela is a dancer of many styles and has a pet cat named Maya. Gabriela also has a stutter and uses spoken word poetry to overcome it.
A quick search on Georgetown Publications, American Girl's publisher in Canada, says that the title of her craft book is Express Yourself With GOTY 2017, so a theme in her books will be self-expression.
Here's the summary of her first book:
Gabby loves expressing herself - especially in the dance studio - but lately, poetry is becoming her art choice, and for a good reason: Gabby struggles with stuttering, and spoken word poetry helps her speech flow more freely. Still, compared to how confident she feels on the dance floor, speaking can be scary. When the city threatens to close her beloved community arts center, Gabby is determined to find a way to help. Can she harness the power of her words and rally her community to save Liberty Arts?
I own Gabriela's first book! Here's a link to the list of details I collected when I read the book: http://www.americangirldollnews.com/single-post/2016/12/23/Gabriela-Information-Haul
Books: Gabriela will be the first Girl of the Year doll to have four books and a craft book!
Book 1 will release in stores like Barnes And Noble and Target and online retailers like amazon.com on December 27, 2016 and on American Girl's site and stores on January 1, 2017. It is written by Teresa E. Harris, the author of Perfect Place, a Young Adult novel.
"Gabby loves expressing herself - especially in the dance studio - but lately, poetry is becoming her art choice, and for a good reason: Gabby struggles with stuttering, and spoken word poetry helps her speech flow more freely. Still, compared to how confident she feels on the dance floor, speaking can be scary. When the city threatens to close her beloved community arts center, Gabby is determined to find a way to help. Can she harness the power of her words and rally her community to save Liberty Arts?"
Book 2 will release on March 28, 2017. It is also written by Teresa E. Harris.
Book 3 has an unknown release date, probably the date of the summer release. It is written by Varian Johnson, the author of the Jackson Greene novels.
Book 4 also has an unknown release date. It's author is unknown.
Looks: This is the Gabriela doll!
COLLECTION:
This is her collection that we know about:
Will you be purchasing Gabriela?