Meet Cécile (American Girl Series)

by Denise Lewis Patrick

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609580063
Publisher:	AMERICAN GIRL PUBLISHING, INC
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Series:	American Girl Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	497,664
Lexile:	730L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Denise Lewis Patrick has written more than twenty books for children. Before writing full-time, she worked in publishing as a staff writer and editor. Denise has been telling stories since she was eight years old. She remembers, as a child, binding her hand-written manuscripts with a needle and thread to create her very own books.

Ms. Patrick lives on Staten Island with her husband and their four sons. This is her first book for middle-grade readers.