Cecile's summer is off to a glowing start. She loves spending time with her older brother, Armand, who is finally home from France. And she and her friend Marie-Grace enjoy helping at a nearby orphanage, playing with the children. But a shadow falls over the bright summer when Cecile hears that a terrible sickness-yellow fever-is spreading in New Orleans. When yellow fever strikes in her own home, Cecile is more afraid than she has ever been before. Can she find the strength to help when her family needs her most? Includes an illustrated 'Looking Back' essay about the yellow fever epidemic of 1853. Hardcover. 104 pages. Fourth in a series of six books, American Girl's Marie-Grace & Cecile series weaves Marie-Grace's and Cecile's stories together into one six-book series written by two authors. |
