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Author
Series
American girls collection. 1853 volume 3
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
91 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 Cecile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.
Author
Series
American girl volume 5
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As the yellow fever epidemic continues to ravage New Orleans and the orphanages become more crowded, Marie-Grace and Cecile help with the orphans, until Marie-Grace learns that her Uncle Luc's fiancee, Mademoiselle Oceane, has fallen ill.
Author
Series
American girl volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
American girl volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Now that the yellow fever epidemic is over, the people of New Orleans raise money to care for the orphans, and Cecile seeks to discover something special she can to do help.
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although slavery was outlawed in the northern states in 1827, the illegal slave trade continued in the one place modern readers would least expect, the streets and ports of America's great northern metropolis: New York City. In 'The Kidnapping Club,' historian Jonathan Daniel Wells takes readers to a rapidly changing city rife with contradiction, where social hierarchy clashed with a rising middle class, Black citizens jostled for an equal voice...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, makes friends with Cecile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and is persuaded to change places with her at separate Mardi Gras balls.