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“A nice book for girls who want to learn about different cultures back in time.”
Elaine R wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I thought this was a really good book. Lots of twists and intersting charsters.”
Jen M wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“that book was so sad and i wanted to cry everybody practically died and she got banished from the palace and court after she saved the royal family's son an kings great grandson!!!!!!!!!!it was so sad”
Katieee!!!!! wrote this review Saturday, September 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“good book”
carl-basketball101 K wrote this review Wednesday, May 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I liked this book because its just like a cinderella story except that she doesn't turn into a princess. But actually gets to help with the royal subjects. She has always wanted to go to school but her father and mother(that is dead) never had the money to pay for it. And she also finds out that her father had been a doctor at the royal palace.”
softball/basketball p wrote this review Tuesday, May 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No0 of 1 members found this review helpful“yuck barf i hate palace "princess" stories”
Hello my name is Gianna wrote this review Sunday, February 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Cecile is taken into service in Versailles. It's before the revolution, though. So blood and beheadings do not feature. Sorry. But Cecile finds a lot out about herself and her father.”
*Romeo save me* wrote this review Thursday, October 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great book in a very good series of novels that features girls who overcome self-doubt and very different, severe obstacles. They learn that they can face adversity by relying on themselves and others. Wonderful role models for young girls today.”
Nina R wrote this review Thursday, June 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“riveting =]”
Rachael K wrote this review Monday, March 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The story takes place in France of 1711. Cecile is the daughter of a poor doctor. She has learned to read and write and is an independent young lady. One day she helps a woman who had fallen from a horse and, as a result, ends up serving in the Versailles court of King Louis XIV.
Ranko wrote this review Thursday, November 1 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The story does a good job of showing the differences between the life of the peasant class and the life of the rich people who lived in the palace. Some of the types of intrigues that go on in such a place are shown through Cecile's eyes.
Her job, primarily, is to take care of one woman's dogs, but she ends up interacting closely with the King and his family, even helping to save the youngest boy from death at the hands of the ignorant doctors of the time.
She is also shown, though, that there are rules about how people are supposed to behave in the palace and, since she stood up to the doctors, she ends up banished from the palace.
As in the Dear American books, this is a section of information on the history of the times and that also is interesting. A very readable book.
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