Title: The loud silence of Francine Green
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Families, Conformity, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Catholic schools, Fiction, Schools, Best friends, Friendship, History, Children's fiction, Schools, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Family life, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, United states, politics and government, fiction
Places: United States, Los Angeles (Calif.), California
Time periods: 20th century, 1945-1953
LC classification: PZ7.C962 Lou 2006