Joss Kendrick is the eighteenth Girl of the Year, she was released on January 1, 2020. Joss loves surfing more than anything with her friend Sofia and Murph, the bulldog, but this is thrown for a curve when her brother, Dylan, dares her to join the cheer team in exchange for posting her video in a surfing contest. It turns out that she likes it and wants to continue the sport. She is making a video with Sofia to be able to meet her idol, Tina Hart, and show that she can ace a move called the frontside air. Joss is the first American Girl doll to be deaf. She has one removable hearing aid that is placed in her right ear and comes with a case and second hearing aid in case she loses hers.