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Jess

Jess
American Girl Publishing Inc., 2005
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Jess

written by Mary Casanova
illus­trated by Robert Papp

When twelve-year-old Cécile Revel is given the unexpected chance to serve at King Louis XIV’s court, she is unpre­pared for what she finds there. She has long dreamed of life at court — of elegance and beauty, fine dresses, and an end to her constant hunger — but she never imagined how compli­cated— and dangerous — life at court would be. Faced with a test of conscience, Cécile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one’s place at birth.

Jess was the 2006 American Girl Doll of the Year
Jess was the 2006 American Girl Doll of the Year

Real-life experience shapes new ‘American Girl’ tale by Maja Beckstrom.
—St. Paul Pioneer Press

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