num_pages: 243
description: Francesca used to think her biggest problem was transferring to St. Sebastian's--a school only recently turned coed: "What a dream come true, right? Seven hundred and fifty boys and thirty girls? But the reality is that it's either like living in a fish bowl or like you don't exist."But now there's this matter of her usually vibrant and annoyingly optimistic mother Mia refusing to get up in the morning. Her taciturn father doesn't have much to say on the subject, her beloved little brother Luca is anxiously looking to her for answers, and her so-called friends from her old neighborhood seem to have abandoned her. So, Francesca keeps it all inside--her frustration with school (there aren't enough girl's bathrooms and no girl's sports teams); her fear making new friends (with the few girls who do go to St. Sebastian's); and her overwhelming hatred of the smug Will Trombal, who despite being completely infuriating, is also incredibly cute. Keeping this to herself when all she wants to do is spill it to her mother is killing Francesca, but with Mia trying to make herself well again, Francesca will have to figure out how to save herself.
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: Knopf Books for Young Readers