| Francie Contributor(s): English, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 031237383X ISBN-13: 9780312373832 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: In rural Alabama during the Truman administration, 12-year-old Francie helps a framed young black man to escape arrest, which puts the entire black community in danger. Winner: Coretta Scott King Honor Award. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 2121 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Francie lives with her mother and younger brother, Prez, in rural Alabama, where all three work and wait. Francie's father is trying to get settled in Chicago so he can move his family up North. Unfortunately, he's made promises he hasn't kept, and Francie painfully learns that her dreams of starting junior high school in an integrated urban classroom will go unfulfilled. Amid the day-to-day grind of working odd jobs for wealthy white folks on the other side of town, Francie becomes involved in helping a framed young black man to escape arrest--a brave gesture, but one that puts the entire black community in danger. In this vivid portrait of a girl in the pre-civil rights era South, Karen English completes Francie's world using lively vernacular and a wide array of flesh-and-blood characters. Francie is a Coretta Scott King Honor book. |
Contributor Bio(s): English, Karen: - Karen English is the author of many children's books, including Speak to Me (And I Will Listen between the Lines), which was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2004. She lives in Richmond, California. |