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| name = Samantha Saves the Day<br />
| image = File:Samantha5_3.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 300px<br />
| caption = The current cover of ''Samantha Saves the Day''.<br />
| published = 1988<br />
| author = [[Valerie Tripp]]<br />
| illustrator = [[Nancy Niles]]<br>[[Dan Andreasen]]<br>Luann Roberts (vignettes)<br />
| isbn = 0-937295-41-8 (paperback)<br />
| setting = Summer 1905, Piney Point<br />
| prev = ''[[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]]''<br />
| next = ''[[Changes for Samantha]]''<br />
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'''''Samantha Saves the Day''''' is the [[Central Series|fifth book]] in the '''[[List of Samantha's Books|Samantha series]]'''. With the release of [[BeForever]], it became part of ''[[Lost and Found]]'' and later a modified version became part of ''[[Samantha: Lost and Found]]''.<br />
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==Characters==<br />
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* [[Samantha Parkington]]<br />
* [[Mary Edwards]]<br />
* [[Agnes and Agatha Pitt]]<br />
* [[Gardner Edwards]]<br />
* [[Cornelia Edwards]]<br />
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===Introduced===<br />
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* [[Archibald Beemis]]<br />
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==Chapter by Chapter Summary==<br />
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===Chapter One: Piney Point===<br />
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===Chapter Two: The Sketchbook===<br />
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===Chapter Three: Teardrop Island===<br />
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===Chapter Four: Through the Passage===<br />
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===[[Looking Back]]: America Outdoors in 1904===<br />
Discusses how people spent time outdoors in turn of the century America. Topics include:<br />
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*The ideal reasons for leaving bustling cities for outdoor summer vacations.<br />
*The private summer camps that wealthy people owned and visited.<br />
*How the idea of 'roughing it' in the woods differed from how people were actually living in their vacation homes, and the interior decor that contributed to the roughing it theme.<br />
*Which elements of home life wealthy people brought with them while they were on vacation.<br />
*A woman's typical summer wardrobe, which varied from outdoor outfits to evening clothing.<br />
*The different memories and things people brought back with them to remind them of their outdoor vacation.<br />
*How early environmentalists, such as [[wikipedia:John Muir|John Muir]], [[Wikipedia: James "Scotty" Philip|James and Sarah Philip]], and [[wikipedia:Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt]], helped in preserving nature and animal species for future generations to enjoy.<br />
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==Book Covers==<br />
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Samantha5v1.jpg||First cover from 1988-1998.<br />
Samantha5v2.jpg|Second cover from 1998-2000.<br />
Samantha5 2000.jpg|Third cover from 2000-2004.<br />
Samantha5 3.jpg|Fourth cover from 2004-present.<br />
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==Items associated with ''Samantha Saves The Day''==<br />
* [[Middy Outfit]]<br />
* [[Summer Amusements]]<br />
* [[Nature Paraphernalia]]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The book was used in the [[American Girl of Today Writing Books]] guide as an example of how to plot and write a summer story. <br />
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[[Category:Samantha Parkington]]<br />
[[Category:Samantha's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Books]]<br />
[[Category:Summer Books]]<br />
[[Category:Summer Collections]]<br />
[[Category:Central Series]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Books]]<br />
[[Category:Items Released in 1988]]<br />
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