Francie

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 classroo...