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Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
Imprint:
New York - Alfred A Knopf , Distributed by Random House
Edition:
1st American ed
ISBN:
0375829830, 0375829822, 0375929827
Language:
English
Statement of responsibility:
Melina Marchetta
Characteristics:
243 p. ;,22 cm
Author (Original Script):
Marchetta, Melina
Call number:
YA MARCHET
Library Identifier
2259310
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Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
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Add a CommentMarchetta is the best YA author at creating smart, complex characters. Even the secondary ones have powerful back stories to which we are only given a glimpse. Here's set-up and one example: Francesca's mom Mia has become seriously depressed, throwing the family into chaos. Meanwhile, Frankie is one of 40 girls integrating a formerly all-boys prep school. The boys are aggressively resentful; she is beyond sad. The first student she shares an authentic laugh with is an apparent sociopath, who manages to reach through Mia's fog and actually help her. We never find out why this boy lives with his grandfather or where his parents are, and we don't need to. Brilliant.