The Noonday Friends

by Mary Stolz

Book Overview

Eleven-year-old Franny Davis and her best friend share school and family problems in this realistic, often humorous story set in New York's Greenwich Village. 1966 Newbery Honor Book Notable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B001JBKX9C
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful story!

This is a wonderful story of two friends who come from poor working class families. I read this book in junior high and it has stuck with me since. Great description of New York and a very likeable characters, especially Fran.

wonderful and insightful novel

My mother bought this book for me when I was very young and I have enjoyed it ever since. It gives a great view of inner-city life; and for its main character, Fran, all the dynamism that comes along with just being an adolescent in working-class New York City and just trying to be a "normal girl". This story also has great historical value as it documents the changes a community experiences as a neighborhood becomes home for a new wave of immigrants (in this case, people from Puerto Rico). This a great book for anyone, male or female.