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American Girl Historical Characters Books in Order

American Girl Historical Characters contains 16 books, published between 2000 and 2023. The first book is Kaya: An American Girl- 1764 (2000) and the newest is Meet Isabel and Nicki (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2000–2023
Pages on record
1,000 in 8 of 16 books
Reading time
17–25 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,000 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable American Girl Historical Characters checklist

American Girl Historical Characters is a historical fiction series of 16 catalogued books published between 2000 and 2023. Credits rotate: Janet Beeler Shaw, Megan McDonald, Denise Lewis Patrick, Jacqueline Dembar Greene and Julia DeVillers are each named on 2 titles, with Juliana Kolesova, Michael Dworkin and Connie Rose Porter on 1. Kaya: An American Girl- 1764 (2000) is the earliest entry and Meet Isabel and Nicki (2023) the latest. Subject headings cover family life, strikes and sweatshops, motion pictures and Pearl Harbor.

How many American Girl Historical Characters books are there?

American Girl Historical Characters has 16 books, released between 2000 and 2023.

American Girl Historical Characters Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 American Girl Historical Characters books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Julie by Megan McDonald, book 2 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2014)
  2. Cover of Julie Takes a Stand, book 4 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Journey Begins by Janet Beeler Shaw, book 5 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2014)
  4. Cover of The Spirit of Aloha by Kirby Larson, book 9 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2017)
  5. Cover of Rebecca: The Sound of Applause by Jacqueline Dembar Greene (2019)
  6. Cover of Courtney Changes the Game by Kellen Hertz, book 12 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2020)
  7. Cover of Samantha: The Gift by Jennifer Hirsch, book 13 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2021)
  8. Cover of Meet Claudie by Brit Bennett, book 14 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2022)
  9. Cover of Isabel: My Journal by Julia DeVillers, book 15 of the American Girl Historical Characters series (2023)
  1. 1
    Kaya: An American Girl- 17642000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    Julie2014 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014120
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  3. 3
    A Heart Full of Hope2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  4. 4
    Julie Takes a Stand2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014128
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  5. 5
    The Journey Begins2014 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014112
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  6. 6
    Taking Off2015 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015128
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  7. 7
    No Ordinary Sound2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  8. 8
    Never Stop Singing2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    The Spirit of Aloha2017 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017144
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  10. 10
    Rebecca: The Sound of Applause2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019128
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  11. 11
    Rebecca: Lights, Camera, Rebecca!2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019128
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  12. 12
    Courtney Changes the Game2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Samantha: The Gift2021 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021112
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  14. 14
    Meet Claudie2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    Isabel: My Journal2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Meet Isabel and Nicki2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Where to start with American Girl Historical Characters

Start with Kaya: An American Girl- 1764 (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest American Girl Historical Characters book?

Meet Isabel and Nicki (2023) is the newest American Girl Historical Characters book released so far.

Is there a new American Girl Historical Characters book coming?

No next American Girl Historical Characters book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

American Girl Historical Characters at a glance

Paused
No new American Girl Historical Characters title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
American Girl Historical Characters books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,000 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most American Girl Historical Characters books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 16 titles, 2 are credited to Janet Beeler Shaw, 2 to Megan McDonald, 2 to Denise Lewis Patrick and 2 to Jacqueline Dembar Greene. A further 11 writers are credited.

What the American Girl Historical Characters books are about

3 of the 16 American Girl Historical Characters books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: actors and actresses is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.