Francie
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Francie is happiest up on her hill, bare feet pushed into the cool grass, eating a Scooter Pie, reading a Nancy Drew mystery, and--best of all--waving at "her" train as it heads up the tracks to Birmingham. Life isn't easy being a quiet, bright, "colored" eighth-grader growing up in the '30s in Noble, Alabama. The fact that Francie can be a little willful doesn't always help. Her train promises es... More
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Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Binding | Hardcover (10 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 208 |
ISBN-10 | 0374324565 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0374324568 |
Publication Date | 10/13/1999 |
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5/4/2009 SJ Kessel said:
English, K. (2002). Francie. New York: Sunburst.
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Set in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Francie lives with her mother and brother in the segregated Alabama while her father works and sends money from Chicago. Francie helps her mother work various jobs and attends scho... more
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