A new student is joining Elysa s third-grade class and everyone is trying to guess where he s from. Their teacher has given them clues, but it s up to the students to solve the mystery. Elysa figures out the new student is from Quebec, Canada, where most people speak French. But there is a lot more she and her classmates will discover about this province north of the United States. Read about how two settlements on the St. Lawrence River in New France, as it was called, grew into large cities: the capital, Quebec City, and Montreal, which is the second largest city of French-speaking people after Paris, France. Find out how the people of Quebec keep their traditions alive, then join Elysa and her class in preparing a Quebec treat and welcoming a new student from Quebec.
