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{{infobox book
| name        = ''Meet Marie-Grace''
| image       = MeetMarieGrace.jpg
| imagewidth  = 300px
| caption     = The cover of ''Meet Marie-Grace.''
| published   = 2011
| author      = [[Sarah Masters Buckey]]
| illustrator = [[Christine Kornacki]]
| isbn        = 1593696523
| setting     = January 18<ref>pg. 7: ''"There are lots of [parades] today," said Uncle Luc. "It's the anniversary of our victory at the Battle of New Orleans..."'' The Battle of New Orleans ended on January 18, 1815.</ref> - February 15<ref>Since Easter Sunday fell on [https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/monthly.html?year=1853&month=3&country=1 March 27th] in 1853, Ash Wednesday would have been forty days priors on February 16. Mardi Gras, which falls the day before, would have been February 15.</ref>, 1853
| next      = ''[[Meet Cécile]]''<ref>The books are more accurately a parallel.</ref>
}}

'''''Meet Marie-Grace: An American Girl''''' is the [[Meet Books|first book]] in the '''[[List of Marie-Grace and Cécile's Books|Marie-Grace and Cécile series]]'''. It was included with [[Marie-Grace Gardner (doll)|the Marie-Grace doll]] when purchased; with the collection's archival, it can be purchased separately.

==Characters==
===Introduced===
* [[Cécile Rey]]
* [[Marie-Grace Gardner]]
* [[Thaddeus Gardner]]
* [[Luc Rousseau]]
* [[Océane Michel]]
* [[Lavinia Halsworth]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Sophronia|Sophronia]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Mrs. Curtis|Mrs. Curtis]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Louis|Louis]]

===Only in ''Meet Marie-Grace''===
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Monsieur Bernard|Monsieur Bernard]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Mr. Halsworth|Mr. Halsworth]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Frances|Frances]]
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Sister Pauline|Sister Pauline]]

==Chapter by Chapter Summary==

===Chapter One: Home Again===

===Chapter Two: Just the Right Note===

===Chapter Three: A Helping Hand===

===Chapter Four: Important Lessons===

===Chapter Five: By Special Invitation===

===Chapter Six: Switched===

===[[Looking Back]]: New Orleans in 1853===

Discusses the history of New Orleans. Topics covered:

* New Orleans' founding and how the city differed from the rest of America in the 1850s
* New Orleans as an important seaport for American business
* Newcomers' reactions to New Orleans customs such as Continental Sunday, a European tradition of shopping, attending parties and plays, or gambling on Sunday
* The freedom and opportunities provided in New Orleans to ''gens de couleur libres'', free people of color, compared to other parts of America
* The origins of ''gens de couleur libre'', ranging from slaves who were allowed to earn money and buy their own freedom under the French and Spanish governments, as well free people of color from [http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue]
* Daily life and society events of New Orleans, such as plays, fine dining, and parties
* How Carnival was celebrated by people of New Orleans, starting on Twelfth Night and ending on Mardi Gras
* Different balls for children and adults to participate during Mardi Gras, as well separate balls for white people and ''gens de couleur libres'', sometimes in the same location
* New Orleans as a city today

==Items associated with ''Meet Marie-Grace''==
* [[Marie-Grace Gardner (doll)]]
* [[Marie-Grace Gardner (doll)#Meet Accessories|Marie-Grace's Accessories]]
* [[Cécile Rey (doll)]]
* [[Argos (dog)]]
* [[Fancy Dress]]
* [[Fairy Costume Accessories]]

==See Also==

* [[Meet Cécile]]

==Trivia==
[[File:FancyDress_still.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Promotional video still of the [[Fancy Dress]] and [[Fairy Costume Accessories]].]]
* Although the [[Fancy Dress]] and the [[Fairy Costume Accessories]] are associated with the book, there are no illustrations showing either outfit or accessory set proper. However, the entire ensemble can be seen in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuoHubLeqM promotional video].

==References and Footnotes==

{{refs}}

{{stub}}
[[Category:Marie-Grace Gardner]]
[[Category:Marie-Grace's Collection]]
[[Category:Cécile Rey]]
[[Category:Cécile's Collection]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Meet Books]]
[[Category:Central Series]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2011]]

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