The loud silence of Francine Green
By: by Karen Cushman.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780618504558
Subjects: Conformity -- Fiction.; Catholic schools -- Fiction.; Schools -- Fiction.; Best friends -- Fiction.; Friendship -- Fiction.; Family life -- California -- Fiction.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- 20th century -- Fiction.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.