Claudie Wells

"Claudie" redirects here. For the doll, see Claudie Wells (doll).

Claudie Wells is the eighteenth Historical Character, representing the Harlem Renaissance and Great Migration of the 1920s. Claudie was released in 2022.

Personality and Facts

Claudie is a nine-year-old African-American Girl living in New York City at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. She is the oldest of two children with a younger brother, Jody, who is six. She and her family live in a boarding house that is owned and run by Miss Amelia. Because of this, she is able to interact with multiple others outside of her family including artists and musicians.

Her parents moved from the south as part of the Great Migration north to New York City and settled in the Harlem neighborhood; her mother specifically from Georgia, on a family farm. Her maternal grandmother still lives in Georgia (as they own the land and do not want to lose the ownership rights).

Claudie worries that she wasn't born with a unique talent like the rest of her family or friends: her father is a talented baker and works at a bakery, Angelo’s, while her mother is a news reporter. Her best friend, Nina, dances well, and others in the boarding house are artists and musically inclined. She has attempted to find skills in dancing, singing, painting, and baking, but doesn't feel she has skills in any of them like others around her. For example, while she participates in dance class taught by Miss Zula as part of the Harlem Angels, she does not feel she can keep up with the steps like her best friend Nina can. However, she does have talents that she does not think of or realize as such, such as amusing her younger brother Jody with her hand puppet shows, and later realizes that she is a skilled story teller.

One of her favorite magazines is The Brownies' Book, a magazine aimed at Negro children and published by W.E.B. DuBois.

Family and Friends

See Also: Minor Characters in Claudie's Series

Family

• Ellis Wells: Claudie's father.
• Gloria Wells: Claudie's mother.
• Jody Wells: Claudie's six-year-old brother.
• Della Coleman: Claudie's maternal grandmother.
• Sydney Coleman: an adult cousin.
• Ross Coleman: Claudie's eleven year old cousin and Mavis's twin.
• Mavis Coleman: Claudie's eleven year old cousin and Ross's twin.

Friends and other Minor Characters

• Nina: Claudie's best friend.
• Winston Martin: a boy from the south and another friend of Claudie's.
• Miss Amelia: owner of the boarding house the Wells family lives in.

Books

See: List of Claudie's Books

Doll

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The Claudie doll.

Main article: Claudie Wells (doll)

• Face Mold: Claudie Mold
• Skin: Dark
• Hair: Brown
• Eyes: Brown

Collection

See: Claudie's Collection

Trivia

• Claudie's model for illustrations and promotional images is Rio Lewis.

See also

• Locations in Claudie's Series

References

American Girl Historical Characters
1760s Kaya'aton'my ♦	1770s Felicity Merriman ♦	1810s Caroline Abbott ♦ ★	1820s Josefina Montoya ♦
1850s Cécile Rey ★ and Marie-Grace Gardner ★	1850s Kirsten Larson	1860s Addy Walker ♦	1900s Samantha Parkington ♦
1910s Rebecca Rubin ♦	1920s Claudie Wells	1930s Kit Kittredge ♦	1940s Nanea Mitchell ♦
1940s Molly McIntire ♦	1950s Maryellen Larkin ♦	1960s Melody Ellison ♦	1970s Julie Albright ♦
1980s Courtney Moore	2000s Nicki Hoffman and Isabel Hoffman
★ Archived / ♦ Part of the BeForever Collection