Saving Francesca
By: Melina Marchetta.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Sexism -- Juvenile fiction; Catholic schools -- Juvenile fiction; Schools -- Juvenile fiction; Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction; Family -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction; Young adult fiction; Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Juvenile fiction; Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: A Junior Library Guild selection.