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2020.
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"It’s Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t help but wonder what happened. As they start looking into the woman and the family in Sinful she came to visit, their investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying...
2) Mardi Gras!
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Pub. Date
c1994
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Examines the history and events connected with the annual pre-Lenten celebration in New Orleans, such as the parades, balls, krewes, and the Acadian "Courir de Mardi Gras."
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"The year 1900 ushers in a new century and the promise of social change, and women rise together toward equality. Yet rules and restrictions remain, especially for women like Alice Butterworth, whose husband has abruptly disappeared. Desperate to make a living for herself and the child she carries, Alice leaves the bitter cold of Chicago far behind, offering sewing lessons at a New Orleans orphanage. Constance Halstead, a young widow reeling with...
5) Mardi Gras
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the history and customs of Mardi Gras, the significance of the holiday, the many ways in which it is celebrated, and how the celebrations vary according to location.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Delphine Denise Debreaux loves everything about the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration, especially riding bikes with her friends in the parade, but this year she is determined to win the prize for best float, with or without them. Includes notes about Mardi Gras and New Orleans.
8) Mardi Gras
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains the history and customs of Mardi Gras, the significance of the holiday, the ways in which it is celebrated, and more.
10) Meet Cecile
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Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Cecile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 81
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Nancy is in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. The father of her friend Brian wants to possess a haunting portrait of his late wife, but the painting is stolen and held for ransom and Brian's father is accused of the crime.
13) Carnival
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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Learn all about the history and cultural significance that the exciting Carnival event holds around the world today. This title is complete with historical and modern illustrations and photographs, as well as a glossary and a closer look at some of the largest Carnival celebrations in the world."--
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 35
Pub. Date
[1981]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Nancy Drew and her friends travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras to solve a mystery surrounding a showboat.