Summary
Cécile Rey can't wait for Mardi Gras - the dazzling season of parties and costume balls in New Orleans. For the grandest event of all, the Children's Ball, Cécile is determined to come up with a fantastic costume like no other. Everyone will notice her! And after Mardi Gras, Cécile's beloved brother, Armand, will finally come home after two long years in faraway France. But Mardi Gras season turns out to be even more exciting than Cécile expects when she meets a new girl named Marie-Grace Gardner. Together they form an unlikely friendship - and share a daring adventure! Includes an illustrated "Looking Back" essay about the history of free people of color in New Orleans. The story continues in the third book in the series, Marie-Grace and the Orphans.
Additional Information
| Series | American girls collection. |
| Subjects |
Free African Americans
-- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Mardi Gras -- Juvenile fiction. Balls (Parties) -- Juvenile fiction. Free African Americans -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Mardi Gras -- Fiction. Balls (Parties) -- Fiction. New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction. New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. |
| Publisher | Middleton, WI :American Girl Pub.,2011 |
| Contributors |
Kornacki, Christine.
Rosenheim, Cindy. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
"1853." '2"--Spine. |
| Description |
109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN | 9781593696603 1593696604 9781593696610 (pbk.) 1593696612 (pbk.) |
| Other | Classic View |