num_pages: 335
description: Limitation Placers in Francesca's life: St. Sebastian's, which pretends to be a coed school; the dearth of female companions to be found there; and the endless supply of idiotic, smug boys. But the Queen of Limitation Placers is her vivacious mother, who makes her attend the hateful school - until the day she's stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost and alone.
language: English
title: Saving Francesca
titlecomplete: Saving Francesca
characters: Will Trombal, Jimmy Hailer, Siobhan Sullivan, Justine Kalinsky, Francesca Spinelli, Thomas Mackee, Tara Finke, Luca Spinelli
genres: Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Australia, Mental Health, Young Adult Contemporary, Young Adult, Family, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 32780
places: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Book of the Year for Older Readers, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: S.A. Festival National Children’s Book Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Thorndike Press