Title: Fleabrain loves Franny
Description: "This middle-grade novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952-53. The protagonist is Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness. While recovering from polio, she begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain"--

While recovering from polio, Franny, a young girl of imagination, curiosity, and stubbornness, begins a correspondence with a flea named Fleabrain. The plot contains descriptions of animal experimentation.
Subjects: Fleas, Families, Jews, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, People with disabilities, Poliomyelitis, Friendship, History, Children's fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Jews, fiction, Pittsburgh (pa.), fiction, United states, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.., JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Special Needs, JUVENILE FICTION, Historical, 20th Century, Animals, Insects, Spiders, Social Issues, Special Needs, Children with physical disabilities
Places: Pennsylvania, United States, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Time periods: 20th century