The author for the first two books is Lisa Yee, who previously wrote Good Luck, Ivy and Kanani's books, and GOTY and Camila is co-written between Lisa and another author, Kellen Hertz, so there is a possible chance GOTY 2016 may be a girl of color. All three books have Sarah Davis as the illustrator.
The only info that can be found is in GOTY and Camila is GOTY 2016's city and state may be St. Louis, MO. There is no way to tell at this time which of the other two books is the meet book or what other themes GOTY 2016's stories may focus upon.
While there have been some substantial leaks on the Internet over the past few months, GOTY 2016's articles will not be created until December when more info is available. This wiki does not tolerate unconfirmed leaks or rumors.
UPDATE: There is also a listing for a BeForever character book written by Denise Lewis Patrick supposedly releasing on January 1, 2016. While American Girl confirmed a while back a new BeForever character would be released in 2016, in light of Maryellen's pending debut, the release date for the book should be taken with a grain of salt. A screencap has been provided in the event the listing goes down.
August 11, 2015 / Maryellen leaks
Some enterprising (or perhaps impatient) fan managed to find product pages for Maryellen's Collection earlier today on AG's online store, and unsurprisingly AG has since pulled the links down.
Unlike Grace's second release earlier this year in which her product pages appeared a few days prior to release and AG let it slide, AG clearly did not intend for Maryellen's pages and images to be live on the store at this time. While we do have the article titles set up for Maryellen's collection, the articles themselves will not be created until Maryellen is released. Also, anyone caught uploading leaked images will be banned. The last thing anyone wants on this wiki is to be in legal trouble with American Girl.
August 3rd, 2015 / Maryellen Debut, Scottsdale Opening, and Sales
Data on the American Girl site shows debut activities in stores starting August 27th through the 30th, helping to solidify that August 27th will be her official release.
A current sale on American girl items on the site has up to 40% off select items, including select Caroline items, Fashion Show exclusives, and straggling Isabelle items.
The American Girl publishing site has revamped, with more detail on Maryellen's books and Mini doll. Notably, pre-orders for her two Central books and the Journey book books on Amazon.com are available and up to half off.
A sneak peek of new BeForever, Bitty Baby, Bitty Twins and Truly Me items. The BeForever release will be focused on pajamas and all new bed sets--so if you don't have older ones, pick them up if you still can.
While this is a peek, it's not officially released, so be prudent. We're watching you.
Grace Thomas is the Girl of the Year for 2015. She is an aspiring baker and entrepreneur from Massachusetts.
Her promotion includes a yearlong fundraising initiative from American Girl, "For Goodness, Bake!", to support Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign to end child hunger in America.
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