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Item Nr: B 107815 Title: Loud Silence of Francine Green
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Cushman, Karen
Length: 225 Prod/Pub: Clarion
Copyright: 2006 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  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. Conformity. McCarthy era. McCarthyism. Patriotism, Activism. Freedom of speech. AR 4.6. Follett RL 6.3. RC 4.3. Lexile 750. GR level Y.

  Subjects:
  424 - ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  1545 - GUIDED READING LEVEL Y
  591 - HISTORICAL FICTION
  1677 - LEXILE 700-799
  965 - SCHOOL STORIES
  1133 - U.S.--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT/AMERICAN