Francie
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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 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, first-time novelist Karen English completes Francie's world using lively vernacular and a wide array of flesh-and-blood characters.
Francie is a 2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book.
Karen English
Karen English is a Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winner and the author of It All Comes Down to This, a Kirkus Prize Finalist, as well as the Nikki and Deja and The Carver Chronicles series. Her novels have been praised for their accessible writing, authentic characters, and satisfying storylines. She is a former elementary school teacher and lives in Los Angeles, California.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Francie’s Daddy has moved to Chicago to work on the Railroad and promises to send for them; those promises keep stacking up with no keeping it in sight. The Weaver’s live in the colored section of Noble, Alabama--Three Notch Road. Francie and Prez’s Mama stands strong against egregious racism and bigotry, but manages through hard work, and clever quick thinking to prevent life in this situation to trod them down. Helping Jesse, the boy Francie decided she would teach to read, when he is, of course, unfairly accused and hunted, brings jeopardy to their family. English does not merely present a black injustice diatribe; there are the Augustines and Clarissas as well, but seeking to explicate life in the South and how it felt to live there from the perspective of a 13 yr. old girl. If You Liked This, Try: Yolonda’s Genius by Carol Fenner, Winners Take All by Fred Bowen, Once on This Island by Gloria Whelan, Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky, The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz. Awards: Coretta Scott King.