Francie
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Book Description
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
Book Information
Publisher | Recorded Books |
Binding | Audio Cassette (10 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 1402521316 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1402521317 |
Publication Date | 11/1999 |
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About Sisi Johnson (Author) : Sisi Johnson is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Sisi Johnson include I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary Of Patsy, A Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 18... more
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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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