Francie

by Karen English

Book Overview

A distinctive new voice in children's fiction 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031237383X
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Square Fish
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Francie

FrancieBy: Karen English The book I read was Francie. It is about a girl who lived in Noble, Alabama. She lives with her mom and brother, Prez. Her father lives in Chicago because he si trying to earn enough money to move there with his family and have a better life. Thought out the story Francie struggles with racism. She also goes to an all African-American school. Her family is fairly poor. At school she meets a boy who can not read. She teaches him to read. Then his father appears at school and tells him he needs to go home and work on the family farm. She is determined to find him. At the end of the story everything works out fine. This book was a reality check for me because I didn't ever realize how much blacks were persecuted after they were freed. I had herd of the civil rights movement but never really thought that hard about how much they were hurt. No days I find my self hanging out with all African-American friends! This book has a good lesson to it! Never give up and just keep trying and trying. In the end you will receive many gifts!

Francie

This book was about a girl helping a boy that is wanted for murder. Francie knows that he didn't murder anybody. She just is trying to help him escape. Her family is also trying to move up north with Francie's father to get away from some of the prejudice peple where they live. This book showed me alot about frinndship, courage, and to always work herd to get what you want and nevr give up.

Great book!

Francie is a very real character -- sassy, smart, but with just enough flaws to make her believable and likable. The events in the story show how families stick together in hard times, and how racism affects them. This book is well-written and complex enough to interest both children and adults, I highly recommend it. I especially loved the ending!

Accurate and sensitive slice of life

This is a wonderful book that I enjoyed reading with my 9 year old daughter. It has messages for both adult and child. It brings to life what life was like for black Americans like me in my youth. It portrays a world where hope and possibility were often dashed at a young age by life in those days, yet somehow the family never gives up.

FAVORITE FOREVER

I grew up in the 50's in the north right around the corner from Beaver Cleaver. But I just loved the story FRANCIE! While it's a story about a poor black girl growing up in the south, the story is really about responsibility, trust, respect -- all the things that make life right. This story is a sweet mix of sass, suspense, and as Francie would say -- possibilities!