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"Lanie" redirects here. For the doll, see Lanie Holland (doll). For the book, see Lanie.

Lanie Holland is the eighth Girl of the Year, released in 2010.

Personality and Facts[]

Lanie is a ten-year-old girl living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Lanie is the middle of three children; she has a younger sister named Emily and an older sister named Angela.

She enjoys science and nature, and considers herself a scientist. She dreams of becoming an expert scientist and explore deep jungles in Asia, being just like her Aunt Hannah, tracking wildlife, or trying experiments. She keeps her own nature journal with "factoids" and notes, and some of these notes are sprinkled in the text of the books. Lanie is quite interested in science; she uses many large, scientific words in her speech and thoughts. However her thoughts are still quite immature despite the scientific terms (for example, she believes a genetic mismatch when she was gestating is what resulted in her enjoying the outdoors more than the rest of her family).

At the start of the story Lanie's best friend Dakota, who is a fellow nature lover like Lanie, is halfway across the world as her father is rescuing orangutans in the deep jungle of Indonesia. The two girls communicate with each other through email. Lanie's email is hollandnotthecountry@4natr.net.

She has a bunny named Lulu.

Family, Friends, and Others[]

See Also: Minor Characters in Lanie's Stories

Family[]

  • Mr. Holland: Father
  • Mrs. Holland: Mother
  • Angela Holland: Older sister
  • Emily Holland: Younger sister
  • Hannah Wells: Maternal aunt

Friends and Others[]

  • Dakota: Lanie's best friend

Books[]

Doll[]

See: Lanie Holland (doll)
LanieDollFace

The Lanie doll.

  • Face Mold: Classic Mold
  • Skin: Light
  • Hair: Blonde
  • Eyes: Hazel

Collection[]

See: Lanie's Collection

References[]

  1. The envelope for Lanie's letter


Girls of the Year
2001

Lindsey Bergman

2003

Kailey Hopkins

2005

Marisol Luna

2006

Jess McConnell

2007

Nicki Fleming

2008

Mia St. Clair

2009

Chrissa Maxwell
with companions
Gwen Thompson and
Sonali Matthews

2010

Lanie Holland

2011

Kanani Akina

2012

McKenna Brooks

2013

Saige Copeland

2014

Isabelle Palmer

2015

Grace Thomas

2016

Lea Clark

2017

Gabriela McBride

2018

Luciana Vega

2019

Blaire Wilson

2020

Joss Kendrick

2021

Kira Bailey

2022

Corinne Tan
with companion
Gwynn Tan

2023

Kavi Sharma

2024

Lila Monetti

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