Figuring Out Frances - Hardcover

Willner-Pardo, Gina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395915104 ISBN 13: 9780395915103

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1999

Synopsis

A poignant novel follows fourth grader Abigail as she struggles to comprehend her friendship with Travis Mooney, who is turning into just another obnoxious boy, and her Grandma, who, struck with Alzheimer's disease, keeps calling her Frances, and Abigail believes that if she learns who Frances is or was, she will discover something new and significant about herself.

About this title

About the Author:

Gina Willner-Pardo is the author of 15 books, including Jason and the Losers and Figuring Out Frances, which won the Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award. She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Synopsis:

Ten-year-old Abigail's neighbor Travis, her best friend although he is at a different school, upsets her when he transfers to her school, ignores her, and laughs at her grandmother's Alzheimer's along with his new friends.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395915104
• ISBN 13: 9780395915103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 134