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Patrick, Denise Lewis.

Meet Cecile : an American girl / by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrations, Christine Kornacki ; vignettes, Cindy Salans Rosenheim. - Midddleton, WI : American Girl Pub., 2011. - 109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. - American girl: 1853 ; 2 . - American girls collection. .

At head of title: 1853.

Cécile 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.

Ages 8 and up.

ISBN: 1593696604 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1593696612 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781593696603 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781593696610 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011026485

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Balls (Parties)--Juvenile fiction.
Free African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
French Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Race relations--Juvenile fiction.
Mardi Gras--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.