Cécile & Marie-Grace, 1853

[Middleton, Wis.]: American Girl Pub., 2011. First printing (full number line). Six paperback volumes, approx. 80pp each, illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm + 2 sheets. Issued in slipcase. Flap on back of slipcase unfolds into gameboard; instructions and detachable game pieces in pocket. About near fine in near fine original slipcase-box. Owner first name in pen to front wrapper verso. Very faint intermmitent signs of wear. . Paperback. ISBN: 9781593697105

"Presents six stories featuring Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native city, two girls growing up in New Orleans in 1853 as yellow fever strikes. Presents six stories featuring Cécile Rey, whose family are free people of color, and Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native city, two girls growing up in New Orleans in 1853 as yellow fever strikes." Series: American girls collection.Contents: 1. Meet Marie-Grace, an American girl / by Sarah Masters Buckey -- 2. Meet Cécile, an American girl / by Denise Lewis Patrick -- 3. Marie-Grace and the orphans / by Sarah Masters Buckey -- 4. Troubles for Cécile / by Denise Lewis Patrick -- 5. Marie-Grace makes a difference / by Sarah Masters Buckey -- 6. Cécile's gift / by Denise Lewis Patrick. Free African Americans -- Fiction. Yellow fever -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Board games. African Americans -- Fiction. Yellow fever -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Board games. Geographic: New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.