Headlines From Hedgehog Hollow – Pages 11-12

 

 

You’ve probably heard about American Girl’s 2022 Girl of the Year, Corinne Tan – after all, Nicole’s already mixed up ‘GOTY’! Which, for the record, is Girl of the Year (some people do spell it ‘GotY’). I think Corinne Tan is really cool! (That’s not a joke . . . I know she likes snow.)

I really like her snow-pants. Maybe I should convince ForestPoodle88 to get me a pair? Her other clothing is really nice too. Not exactly my style, but her colours – dark blue, pink, blue-green, purple and white – are good. Very fitting of her winter theme.

Okay, but on to Corinne herself. Firstly, how do you pronounce her name? Nicole tells me it’s ‘Cor-een’ because that sounds better, but Sophie says there was a girl in her class last year and her name was pronounced ‘Cor-inn’. Maybe AG can clarify that for us?

Second, and this is the good part, she’s a doll of colour! Yay! There have been, what, five or six of those? Out of nearly 20? I don’t know the numbers, but you gotta do better, AG. (Not that Maplelea is doing any better either. Improvements needed for both.) But, Corinne, who’s Chinese-American, is definitely a good thing!

And she skis! She gets to rep winter all year ’round. Super cool! I’m pretty fond of winter. Never been skiing, but it looks like it’d be fun. She also skates. I play hockey, which is a bit different from what Corinne and her sister, Gwynn, do, but still.

What else? Honestly, I like her a lot more than I thought I would. Much better than Kira Bailey of 2021. But here’s the thing –  Corinne’s got to learn how to build a better fire. Somehow her fire looks more like pale magma than flame and I can’t figure out what she did. Maybe Gwynn built it? Maplelea’s Taryn Brady can build a good fire, but Corinne’s got to work on it.