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Characters
From CÉCILE, Gates of Gold:
Cécile Revel -- a 12-year-old girl living and working in the Versailles Palace, France 1711
Monsieur Revel -- a doctor, formerly one of the King's doctors at Versailles
Madame -- Elisabeth Charlotte, la Duchesse d'Orléans and sister-in-law to King Louis XIV of France
Marie-Adélaïde -- princess, daughter of King Louis XIV
Monsieur le Dauphin -- the prince, le Duc de Bourgogne and husband of Marie-Adélaïde
Bretagne and Anjou -- the children of the prince and princess, Louis XIV's grandchildren
Madame de Maintenon -- "secret" wife of Louis XIV
Dr. Fagon -- the royal's official doctor
Françoise -- Madame's lady-in-waiting
Phillipe -- a page in the Versailles Palace who becomes very attracted to Cécile
Madame de Ventadour -- governess to Bretagne and Anjou
From ISABEL, Taking Wing:
Isabel Campion -- a 12-year-old girl living in London, England, 1592
Master Campion -- Isabel's father, a successful spice merchant who travels around the world
Robert -- Isabel's grown brother who is an apprentice to a spice merchant
Sabine -- Isabel's older sister who is in charge of the household
Hope -- Isabel's sickly baby sister
Alice -- the elderly nurse that lives with the family, helping to raise all four Campion children
Aunt Elinor -- the widowed aunt that came to live in the Campion home when Isabel's mother died.
Meg -- a young maid, she becomes Isabel's closest friend and companion
Kit -- Meg's older brother, an actor in the local theatre
Aunt de Vere -- a distant relative and wealthy estate owner who is highly respected for her expertise with herbs and medicines
From MINUK, Ashes in the Pathway:
Minuk -- 12-year-old girl living in a Yup'ik village in the Yukon territory of Alaska, 1890
Minuk's family -- Father, Mamma, her little brother Maklak and her older brother Iraluq
Taulan and Panruk -- Minuk's cousins and playmates
Grandpa and Grandma -- Minuk's grandparents were among the wisest of the elder Yup'iks
Mr. and Mrs. Hoff -- the missionaries that tried to change the Yup'ik way of life
David Hoff -- the Hoff's young son who taught Minuk to speak English
Miss Oakes -- the teacher brought to the village school by the Hoffs
Miss Danfort -- the nurse brought in by the Hoffs, the villagers accepted her medicines
Mellgar -- asks to have Minuk as his wife
From NEELA, Victory Song:
Neela Sen -- a 12-year-old girl living in the Bengal region of India, 1939
Hari Charan Sen -- Neela's father, a rice farmer and supporter of the peaceful protest against British rule
Sarada Sen -- Neela's mother
Usha Sen -- Neela's older sister
"the baoul" -- a wandering minstrel who is a secret messenger for the freedom fighters
Samar -- a 16-year-old freedom fighter
Bimala -- Samar's cousin, her father is a wealthy judge who supports British rule
From SPRING PEARL, The Last Flower:
Chou Spring Pearl -- a 12-year-old girl living in Canton, China, 1857
Master Sung -- a wealthy friend of Spring Pearl's deceased parents, he gives the orphaned Spring Pearl shelter
Mistress Sung -- the wife of Master Sung who seems to dislike Spring Pearl
Miss Emerald, Miss Willow, and Miss Oriole -- the Sung's three spoiled daughters
Blessing -- the Sung's only son, he's more interested in partying than becoming a scholar
Doggy -- a male servant who befriends Spring Pearl, he has ambitions to become a merchant
Mr. Fortescue -- a British merchant who taught Spring Pearl how to read and write English
Lord Chin -- a social friend of Master Sung who becomes a British informer
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