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Book review: American Girl of the Year 'Grace' shares her adventures in Paris

France will be very different with a whole new language, society and environment. Her cousin Sylvie, who is a couple of years older, is another thing she worries about.

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Grace worries if they will get along and if can they understand each other. They find a small, friendly dog that follows them. Grace names it Bon Bon and lovingly cares for it throughout her trip. It's exciting to know what happens to the dog by the end of the story. Just when it seems everything is going right in Paris, Grace finds out that her friends back home are starting the dog-walking business without her.

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Grace by Mary Casanova. Nine-year-old Grace is always thinking up big ideas, like starting a business with her friends over the summer! When Mom announces a trip to Paris instead, Grace gets on board, but it quickly seems as if none of her plans are working out the way she'd hoped. She and her French cousin aren't getting along, and Grace's friends back home have started a business without her.

C Nine-year-old Grace is always thinking up big ideas, like starting a business with her friends over the summer! Can she find the courage to stay open to new ideas and turn the summer around? Paperback , pages. Grace 1 , American Girl of the Year. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Grace , please sign up. Lists with This Book. The book Grace first told an impression on me was the last few pages, a french dictionary. I started to learn some new french words while I was reading.

This book tells a story about this girl name, Grace who has to go to Paris to see her aunt and cousin.

Grace has two best friends named Maddy and Ella. Grace doesn't want to go to Paris, because of her lack of connections with her cousin.

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Her cousin is a girl named Sylvie who has a depressing and blue life. I can connect to how sometimes people The book Grace first told an impression on me was the last few pages, a french dictionary. There were some parts in the story that Grace felt orange. Jealous has occur, her two best friends Maddy and Ella were spending more time together back home and getting further away from Grace. I can connect to how sometimes friends are spending more happier time together while the other person has to do other things, this is like Grace.

Everyone feels orange in some parts of their life.

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This impacted me how everyone has a orange narrator in their life, but we just have to change and not stay orange all the time. Aug 01, Nichole Forest rated it really liked it Shelves: American Girl of the Year Series 2. Age level of interest: Grace is a 9 year old girl who likes to plan. She wants to start a business with her friends in Massachusetts, but her mother wants Grade to travel to France with her to help an aunt who is having a baby.

Grace finds many adventures and challenges await her, both on her journey and at home. Realistic fiction can also illuminate experiences that children have not had. Grace traveled to France in this book, and most grade school children will not have had that travel experience. Many times throughout the book Grace is going to different places and highlights of what she saw there were featured in this story. Also presented were the many outdoor cafes that are very prominent in France, and not necessarily so in the US.

Some books also serve as a kind of preparation for living. The fact that Grace wants to start a dog-walking business with her friends and does so despite traveling to France, gives the reader an insight into what it takes to start a small businesses at a young age. Introducing entrepreneurship at a young age is a positive step towards financial independence. How well does book reach its intended audience?

This book reaches its audience of fluent readers rather well.

The vocabulary is extensive and challenging at times, but fluent readers are usually adept at decoding. Reader involvement is also an important part of how well a book reaches its intended audience. Girls will identify with Grace, and will feel part of her life experiences as they read about her friend challenges and getting along with her new french cousin.

None that I could find Dec 15, Marian rated it liked it Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Grace follows young Grace Thomas to Paris one summer. Her aunt is on bed-rest and apparently the summer is the busy season at their bakery, so Grace's mother and Grace both fly to France to help out around the house and the bakery. Left behind are Grace's best friends Maddy and Ella, who promise to wait for Grace's return in August to start their summer business.

Much to Grace's disappointment, they don't wind up waiting and instead start a dog walking service. In France, Grace finds that the language barrier is harder to cross than she realized, as her cousin doesn't speak much English and her adult family members are busy taking care of the new baby and the bakery. The only good thing, aside from the city itself, is a stray dog Grace's cousin has found. Grace earns the dog's trust and names her Bonbon. She's on the cover of the book.

Bonbon will steal the show if you are an animal lover at ALL. I'm not the target age for this and haven't been for awhile, but I do wonder how many kids will catch on that it's pretty ridiculous for adults to just assume that two children who don't speak the same language at all will magically be able to keep each other company for five weeks without a translator. It takes a bit of work to even get them to the point where they can ask, "how do you say? I am curious as to where Book 2 will go, and like I said before, Bonbon is a scene stealer.

Jan 09, Angie rated it it was ok. Summer vacation has just begun and Grace and her two best friends have big plans to start their own business: She loves dogs, but doesn't have one, so this is perfect. She's also super excited to help out as much as possible at her grandparent's bakery. Grace loves experimenting with new recipes. But her summer plans make a quick change when her Aunt Sophie needs help.

Her doctor's put her on bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy, so Grace and her mom will need to be with her and he Summer vacation has just begun and Grace and her two best friends have big plans to start their own business: Her doctor's put her on bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy, so Grace and her mom will need to be with her and help out in her house and her bakery-in Paris! She's going to miss her friends and their dog walking, but they've vowed to keep in touch via an online travel blog. Grace only knows a couple of French words and has only met her Uncle Bernard and cousin Sylvie once a few years ago.

Things are very different in Paris, and Sylvie doesn't speak more than a few words of English. For what it is, this book is good. Hopefully it will inspire some girls to become entrepreneurs. The most unrealistic parts: It's great for a girls book discussion because there's SO much to do: Oct 09, Nadia Lotfy rated it it was amazing.

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Jun 12, Olivia rated it it was amazing. This is a great book written by Mary Casanova!!

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I liked her wording, the way she spun the story, and of course Reese. Tom's inner monologue became repetitive and i stopped feeling sorry for him. Apr 21, Sam T rated it it was amazing. This was a good book and I hope all you get the chance to read it. What it comes down to is that Cousins did the thing that I've been wanting to read about for a while.

This shows us you can make friends even is they don't speak what you speak. So I read this book shortly after it was released, and as a devout AG fan, was captivated. Grace is a bright, optimistic nine-year-old with a passion for baking. Inspired by her entrepreneurial grandparents, she dreams of starting her own business with her two best friends.

Book review: American Girl of the Year 'Grace' shares her adventures in Paris

Since Grace longs for a dog, she suggests a dog walking business to her friends, who mutually agree to the idea. Grace and her mother will be spending five So I read this book shortly after it was released, and as a devout AG fan, was captivated. Grace and her mother will be spending five weeks in Paris to help her aunt, who is facing difficulties in her pregnancy. Though quite the shocker at first, the proposed trip to visit her relatives in Paris brings much excitement and anticipation for Grace. Grace and her mother spend the first few days of their trip as tourists, visiting such famous sights as the Eiffel Tower, the Pont des Arts bridge, and the Notre Dame cathedral.

On top of all of this, Grace discovers that her friends betrayed their promise to wait to start a business until after she returned from her trip. Despite these problems, though, Grace does have a new friend to comfort her—a little stray dog that she feeds and lovingly names Bonbon. Still, by trial and error in caring for Bonbon, she learns that sometimes, the best things in life can only be found or achieved when we take a chance; and if we make mistakes, we can either give up our efforts entirely, or we can learn from our mistakes to become all that we were meant to be.

She would be more open to new experiences. Most of all, she would be a better friend to Sylvie. As the weeks of the trip progress further, Grace comes to see Paris as her second home. She begins to learn French baking with Sylvie, and the two cousins quickly grow close. When Grace is nearing the end of her trip, Bonbon disappears. Meet the Brannigan brothers—seven sexy brothers who bring the heart and the heat! Claire and JoAnn Ross comes a brand new contemporary romance family series: Barbara delivers three emotionally compelling and romantic novels about wishes and the power of love.

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