Francie

Written by Karen English

A young girl risks everything to help a framed man, endangering her community.

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204 pages· 42,762 words· Est. 5 hour read· 660L

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Bookroo's summary

In rural Alabama, Francie dreams of a new life up North, but her father's broken promises shatter her hopes. As she toils for wealthy families, Francie bravely aids a wrongfully accused man, risking her safety and her community's future. Will her courage lead to freedom or further peril? Discover Francie's journey in a world on the brink of change.

From the publisher

Francie lives with her mother and younger brother, Prez, in rural Alabama, where all three work and wait. Francie’s father is trying to get settled in Chicago so he can move his family up North. Unfortunately, he’s made promises he hasn’t kept, and Francie painfully learns that her dreams of starting junior high school in an integrated urban classroom will go unfulfilled. Amid the day-to-day grind of working odd jobs for wealthy white folks on the other side of town, Francie becomes involved in helping a framed young black man to escape arrest–a brave gesture, but one that puts the entire black community in danger. In this vivid portrait of a girl in the pre-civil rights era South, Karen English completes Francie’s world using lively vernacular and a wide array of flesh-and-blood characters. Francie is a Coretta Scott King Honor book.