History Characters / AmericanGirlsCollectionGirlsOfTheYear

A baker and aspiring entrepreneur from Massachusetts, who travels to France with her mother to help in her aunt and uncles's paitissere when she is pregnant. Grace's movie tied in with ''Series/MasterChef Junior'' and her collection focused heavily on cooking and baking.

* FeudEpisode: In the movie, Saige gets upset when Tessa for taking Dylan's side on what kind of fundraiser they should have instead of listening to her ideas. She immediately explodes at Dylan and blames her for taking over everything--leading Tessa to get upset and storm off with Dylan. Tessa eventually shows up at Saige's house and tells her Saige was right about her ideas, and that ''she'' was jealous that Saige was hanging out with Gabi in the same way. The two best friends hug and make up. Saige later apologizes to Dylan and learns she was jealous of Saige's friendship with Tessa, and the two of them work together (along with Tessa and Gabi) for the art and music fundraiser.

* FollowInMyFootsteps: Toulane's mother wants her to be a gymnast, but Toulane wants to do rhythmic gymnastics.

* LiveActionAdaptation: The second Girl of the Year to get her own TV movie, following Chrissa: ''[=McKenna=]: Shoot for the Stars.''

* HomeschooledKids: Jess is homeschooled during her trip to Belize, though she checks in with a teacher by emailing her assignments. This is one of the earliest protrayals of homeschooling in the series outside of historical homeschooling.

A Californian bodyboard surfer girl who wants to preserve her nearby beach's tide pools from being destroyed in a mall development projects. She was released in 2003 and lasted until 2004.

* AdaptedOut: Her best friend Cassidy isn't in the film, but plays a major role in the books.

* InfantSiblingJealousy: In the second book, [[spoiler:Corinne becomes nervous that her mother and stepfather will love the new baby more than her and Gwynn, due to them being Arne's biological child. This fear is amplified when her grandparents seem happier to hear they're having a boy instead of another girl.]]

* PsychicChildren: Gwynn claims that she and Corinne have a connected "sister-brain"; while Corinne doesn't take this seriously, the narrative seemingly does. Gwynn is able to hear Corinne shout during her skating routine despite Corinne being in a loud crowd, and reacts accordingly by falling in the middle of the jump. Gwynn is also the one who thinks of sending out Flurry to search for her lost sister, and says that she sent Corinne a ''message'' to not give up, which Corinne wonders about. This is amplified in the second book, where Gwynn is able to predict that Corinne and Cassidy encountered a mountain lion despite neither of them telling anyone about that, and says she sent them a "message" to not give up when she felt that Corinne must be "really, really sad." Soon after, she says that she and her mother played a game by listing purple things; the thing that gave Corinne hope during her journey was a purple columbine, which Corinne had introduced Gwynn to earlier in the book. All this together implies that Gwynn's "sister-brain" may indeed be a thing, though not a seriosu one. The first chapter's ShoutOut to ''{{Literature/Matilda}}'' may also be implying this.

Corinne and her younger sister Gwynn are Chinese-American girls from Aspen, Colorado. Corinne loves skiing and is dealing with the new privileges that come with her new blended family, including a financially well off Swedish stepfather, and confronting xenophobia caused by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. Gwynn, her younger sister, takes up ice skating.

Both Corinne and Gwynn were released in 2022, with Gwynn being a {{Toys/WellieWishers}} doll.

* AgeLift: In the books, Corinne is ten while Gwynn is seven. In the film adaptation their actors Miya and Kai Cech are thirteen and ten respectively, so their ages are adjusted accordingly.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: While Gwynn and Corinne mostly get alone perfectly well, Gwynn's childishness begins to grate on Corinne in the books as Gwynn's behavior interfers with her training of Flurry.
* AsiansEatPets: Deliberately subverted. When they overhear white men joking about their Chinese-Restaurant-owning mother cooking their pet dog (and that the restaurant is infected with covid), Gwynn is distraught at hearing it. Their mother angrily races out to confront the racists and tells them off for making a child cry.

* GettingMyOwnRoomPlot: Subverted. Corinne wants her own room after they move in with her stepfather, but is unable to get one after [[spoiler:her mom becomes pregnant again]].

* HeroesLoveDogs: Even before adopting and training Flurry Corinne was extremely interested in dogs, and gets the idea when encountering someone training a Search-and-Rescue dog.
* InfantSiblingJealousy: In the second book, [[spoiler:Corinne becomes nervous that her mother and stepfather will love the new baby more than her and Gwynn, due to them being Arne's biological child. This fear is amplified when her grandparents seem happier to hear they're having a boy child than another girl.]]
* KidHero: Corinne and Cassidy have to travel across the forest by themselves to get help for the rest of Corinne's family.
* LiveActionAdaptation: ''Corinne,'' set to be released in 2023, with sisters Miya and Kai Cech as Corinne and Gwynn.
* MistakenForRacist: When Arne tells Corinne that she must have heard wrong when she overheard a racist remark, Corinne assumes that he's belittling what she faced. He later reveals to her that he had said as much because he hoped that denying the racism would make her feel safer, but realizes that was wrong of him.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Corinne's mother is given the name ''Judy'' in the film adaptation, while she's completely unnamed in the books.

* PreciousPuppy: Flurry.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Corinne finds inspiration in the purple columbine she sees growing in the woods. [[spoiler:With Gwynn's beleif in their "sister-brain" psychicness, her purple color scheme also adds to this.]]

* NearDeathExperience: Corinne runs out into the wintery mountains to find Gwynn's necklace, losing her way and nearly freezing to death. She also mistakes a rescue dog (Flurry) for a bear for a moment.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Corinne is the second Girl of the Year to be an eldest sister skiier from Colorado dealing with the training of a bouncy puppy and later, the birth of a new sibling with some anxiety issues. Unlike Nicki, Corinne is boosted into the upper class of Colorado, has her book more focused on her sisterhood with Gwynn, and focuses more on skiing than Nicki's horse-riding. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as target audience children wouldn't remember Nicki at all, as they likely didn't exist during their releases.

* WealthyPhilanthropist: Corinne's stepfather Arne is implied to be a millionaire, but he's also incredibly kind and loving.

* QuirkyCurls: She has curly hair auburn hair, though it's quite short, and is quirky and helpful.

* ShoutOut: Blaire's family inn is called Pleasant View Farms, as a reference to the company's creator, Pleasant T. Rowland.
** There's also a mention that both Blaire and Eli's favorite book is ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.''

An Indian-American girl living in New Jersey who loves to dance and participate in performing arts at school; she enjoys attending musicals in nearby [[BigAppleSauce New York City]], with one of her favorite being ''Theatre/Wicked''--which she gets to see as a gift for her twelfth birthday. But her academic performance is being affected by her inability to focus on her schoolwork, resulting in lowered grades and risks of not being able to perform if she can't get her grades up.

* RaceLift: Grace is white but in the film was played by Creator/OliviaRodrigo; however, she is still portrayed as white.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Grace was played by then-newcomer Creator/OliviaRodrigo in her film adaptation. Rodrigo would later become a Disney television star, and then a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. [[https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a39861706/olivia-rodrigo-american-girl-doll-store-visit-photos/ As of 2022]], she still has her Grace doll (as well as a doll of Maritza Ochoa), which she posted pictures of when she visited the American Girl store in New York.

* TroubledProduction: Lindsey was released only ten days before September 11, 2001, and struggled to sell well through her year and a half of availability--in part due to a small collection and the idea of a limited modern character being new (and disparaged by the fandom, which often prefers the Historical Characters and considers them more "realistic".)

* TheWoobie: Nothing ever goes right for Lindsey, no matter how well-intentioned her goals are. By the time she has a breakdown in the school bathroom upon seeing the school bully get an award for her art, let alone what happens ''after'', you feel horrible for this poor kid.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Aaliyah turns out to be this. Teagan also gets this trope, because Gabriela soon learns that she has trouble making friends when she is trying to figure out why Teagan is jealous of Gabby's friendship with Aaliyah.

* ShoutOut: Kavi is inspired to sign up for her school's revue after seeing a performance of ''{{Theatre/Wicked}}.'' On the AG site, her desk has a poster for the show as well as ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, {{Theatre/Hamilton}}'' and ''Theatre/MammaMia.'' Her colllection released deluxe costumes for Elphaba and Glinda, partially in honor of the 20th anniversary of the musical.

* MultiEthnicName: Jess's middle name, "Akiko," refers to her mother's Japanese heritage, while her last name, "[=McConnell=]," is more European, for her father's Irish/Scottish heritage.

* MultiEthnicName: Her name reflects both her Hawai'ian and Japanese heritage.

* CanineCompanion: Her dog, Mr. Tiny (surprisingly not made into a plushie), who is her best friend. She is distraught upon losing him and offers to trade her prized scooter for his safe return.

Kavi is the first South-Asian Girl of the Year (but not the first ever South Asian character of the year; that honor goes to Sonali, who is stated to have a South Asian mother). She is also the first Girl of the Year to not have her full book released at launch, instead being released with a in-character journal, ''Kavi's Journal.'' The full book, ''It's Showtime, Kavi!'' released in July 2023.

* HappyBirthdayToYou: Kavi has Happy birthday sung to her, both the English and Hindi traditional birthday song.

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An Italian-American girl living in St. Paul, Minnesota. She's recently joined a competitive gymnastics team in hopes of following her dreams, but is afraid of fitting in and doing well. At her coach's suggestion, she attends a horse camp and learns her strengths through training the new palomino, Hollyhock.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Amusingly enough, it's for for her own coach, [=McKenna=] Brooks who was the 2012 Girl of the Year. They both have an interest in gymnastics and horses (though [=McKenna's=] interest in horses isn't reflected in her collection, only in books). Justified because Lila is many years younger and [=McKenna=] is her coach, who would logically tell Lila about her past times as a gymnast as her coach.

** * PinkMeansFeminine: Is dressed mainly in pink and light orange.

* ContinuityCameo: [=McKenna=] is the first character to canonically appear in another character's book series, as she serves as Lila Monetti's gymnastics coach.

* ContinuityCameo: Her beloved gymnastics coach is [=McKenna=] Brooks, who was the 2012 Girl of the Year and is now an adult in college.