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| name = Marie-Grace Makes a Difference<br />
| image = MGDifference.jpg<br />
| imagewidth = 300px<br />
| caption = The cover of Marie-Grace Makes a Difference.<br />
| published = 2011<br />
| author = [[Sarah Masters Buckey]]<br />
| illustrator = [[Christine Kornacki]]<br />
| isbn = 1593696566<br />
| setting = September - October 1853<br />
| prev = [[Troubles for Cécile]]<br />
| next = [[Cécile's Gift]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Marie-Grace Makes a Difference''''' is the [[Central_Series|fifth book]] in the '''[[List of Marie-Grace and Cécile's Books|Marie-Grace and Cécile series]]'''.<br />
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==Characters==<br />
* [[Marie-Grace Gardner]]<br />
* [[Cécile Rey]]<br />
* [[Thaddeus Gardner]]<br />
* [[Luc Rousseau]]<br />
* [[Lavinia Halsworth]]<br />
* [[Océane Rousseau]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Sister Beatrice|Sister Beatrice]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Katy|Katy]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Charlie|Charlie]]<br />
* [[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Mrs. Lambert|Mrs. Lambert]]<br />
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===Only in ''Marie-Grace Makes a Difference''===<br />
*[[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Pierre|Pierre]]<br />
*[[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Emmeline|Emmeline]]<br />
*[[Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series#Madame Jeannette|Madame Jeannette]]<br />
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==Chapter by Chapter Summary==<br />
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===Chapter One: So Many Orphans===<br />
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===Chapter Two: A Desperate Mission===<br />
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===Chapter Three: Fever and Ice===<br />
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===Chapter Four: Sent Away===<br />
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===Chapter Five: All Aboard===<br />
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===Chapter Six: Joy===<br />
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===[[Looking Back]]: Health and Medicine in America in 1853===<br />
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Discusses health and medicine in the 1800s. Topics covered:<br />
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* Unsafe living conditions in the United States during the 1850s<br />
* Limited medical knowledge among people and doctors<br />
* Ineffective treatment such bleeding and calomel poisoning<br />
* Patent and cure-all medicine that didn't harm, but also didn't help as a form of treatment<br />
* Dangerous ingredients found in patent medicine such as turpentine and kerosene<br />
* Family health care in the 1850s<br />
* Women and girls' volunteer efforts in the 1853 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans<br />
* How the role of nursing evolved from what people perceived as a religious calling to a healthcare profession<br />
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==Items associated with ''Marie-Grace Makes a Difference''==<br />
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* [[Marie-Grace's Party Outfit]]<br />
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==See Also==<br />
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* [[Cécile's Gift]]<br />
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==References and Footnotes==<br />
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[[Category:Marie-Grace Gardner]]<br />
[[Category:Marie-Grace's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Cécile Rey]]<br />
[[Category:Cécile's Collection]]<br />
[[Category:Books]]<br />
[[Category:Central Series]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Books]]<br />
[[Category:Items Released in 2011]]<br />
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