Cecile: Gates of Gold

Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.

Mary Casanova is the award-winning author of seven novels for middle-grade and young adult readers, including Wolf Shadows, Moose Tracks, Riot, Stealing Thunder, and Curse of a Winter Moon, also set in France.