Debut of Summer McKinny — the 2025 Girl of the Year!
American Girl, unveils its 2025 Girl of the Year, Summer McKinny. Summer joins the brand’s line of contemporary characters that represent a wide range of backgrounds and interests to reflect what it means to be an American girl today. Growing up in Columbia, Maryland, ten-year-old Summer is a dog lover and baker who turns her two passions into a business of her own. Encouraged by her shop-owner aunt, Summer enters a youth entrepreneur fair where she gains new skills in business ownership—an increasingly popular career choice among Gen Alphas2. As Summer’s capabilities and confidence grow, she learns that hard work, patience, and understanding are at the heart of every successful venture—in business and in life.
Bestselling author Clare Hutton
American Girl worked with bestselling author Clare Hutton to create Summer’s story, which is told in an illustrated journal that comes with the doll as well as a separate full-length novel, Summer Gets to Work, that hits bookshelves in January 2025.
The 2025 Girl of the Year
The 2025 Girl of the Year comes to life in a beautiful 18-inch Summer™ doll, featuring an exclusive look with light-blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair with light-pink ends styled in two microbraids. Awash in her favorite pastel colors, Summer comes dressed in a tie-dye knit dress (also available in girl sizes), a pair of pink-and-purple ombre eyeglasses, two coordinated beaded bracelets, and platform sandals that all perfectly match her accessories, like a dog-themed embroidered purse, a sweet travel tumbler shaped like an ice cream cone, and more.
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