An American Girl Story – Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas (2016)

Directors

Valerie Weiss

Cast

Alyvia Alyn Lind

The story

In 1955, Maryellen Larkin (Lind) lives with her big family in Daytona Beach, Florida, longing to stand out among her siblings and relatives, even if it meant getting herself into certain trouble like making mischief at a store and wearing pants she took from the boys' department, or painting their house's door red. Then one day a family friend named Benji (Faraci) arrives. Polio-stricken, Benji is unable to walk properly due to his condition and has to wear a leg brace to which Maryellen understands, as she had been a polio patient herself with one of her legs slightly withered.

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