Marie-Grace makes a difference

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Title:

Marie-Grace makes a difference

Author:

Buckey, Sarah Masters, 1955- author.

Kornacki, Christine, illustrator.

Series:

American girls collection.

Summary:

Marie-Grace Gardner, worried about yellow fever in New Orleans, finds out someone she care about is ill and tries to do what she can to help, and fears the epidemic will cause her to lose her home and family.

Audience:

5.1 Follett Library Resources

3-6 Follett Library Resources

General Note:

"1853."

Physical Description:

88 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Yellow fever -- Juvenile fiction.

Epidemics -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Free African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction

Geographic Term:

New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

New Orleans (La.) -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Kornacki, Christine,

Publisher:

American Girl,

Publication Date:

2011

ISBN:

9781593696559

9781593696566

9780329881894

Publication Information:

Middleton, WI : American Girl, c2011.

Call Number:

J AMERICA MG

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002732728	Juvenile Fiction	AMERICA MG	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Marie-Grace is worried. Yellow fever is raging through New Orleans. The orphanage where she and Cécile have been volunteering is becoming crowded with children who have lost their parents to the dreadful disease. And now someone Marie-Grace cares about is terribly ill. When the chance comes to help, Marie-Grace takes it. She knows she can make a difference. But will this horrible fever cause Marie-Grace to lose the home and family she loves? Includes an illustrated "Looking Back" essay about health and medicine in the 1800s. The story continues in the sixth book in the series, Cécile's Gift.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-5-In Meet Marie-Grace, the child and her physician father move to New Orleans in 1853, where she begins voice lessons with the opera singer Mademoiselle Oceane. She meets Cecile, an outgoing African American girl, and, although the girls are total opposites, they form an unlikely bond and Cecile educates her friend about race relations in the South. In Orphans, the protagonist finds a baby boy on her doorstep and wants to keep him. When a slave catcher comes for him, Marie-Grace and Cecile come up with a plan to keep the infant safe. Finally, in Difference, yellow fever has hit the city. Mademoiselle becomes ill and the orphanage where Marie-Grace and Cecile volunteer is full of children who lost their parents to the sickness. As the fever spreads across the city, the girls do their best to help those in need. Full-color illustrations are scattered throughout, and concluding sections offer relevant information about the events and include photos and reproductions. Fans of the "American Girl" books will dig right into this new series and seek out the titles told from Cecile's point of view.-Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.