American girls collection. Marie-Grace and Cecile, 1853
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2) Meet Cecile
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American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Cecile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.
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American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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When Marie-Grace discovers a baby outside her father's office and a slave catcher claims the boy, she helps place him at a white orphanage where she becomes a volunteer, as her friendship with Ccile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.
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American Girl Publisging
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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In 1858 Cecile's summer is off to a glowing start. She loves spending time with her older brother, Armand, who is finally home from France. And she and her friend Marie-Grace enjoy helping at a nearby orphanage, playing with the children. But a shadow falls over the bright summer when Cecile hears that a terrible sickness--yellow fever--is spreading.