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Daneman,
Meredith
FRANCIE AND THE BOYS
New York : Delacorte, 1989.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0440209226
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I was reading this book, I was impressed with how well Francie handled
a difficult situation. In the story, she puts up with a lot of inconveniences
because she wants to be in a play. She auditions for a part in a play being
put on at the boys' school and does a great job convincing her parents
she can juggle the additional burden to her schedule. I admired her ability
to know her audience (her parents) as she went about persuading them she
could handle school work, get to rehearsals and coordinate rides back to
her neighborhood. She projected a self-confident air to her parents even
though inside, she wasn't all that sure she had what it took to do justice
to the play. In this book, I saw Francie gain enough self-confidence to
handle the injustice that the play handed her. I appreciated the author
showing Francie thinking as well as Francie doing. I found it interesting
to notice how she leap-frogged through her decisions. Sometimes she was
ready to act without thinking. Sometimes she had to think through a long
time before she would finally act on her idea. The author gave me a chance
to get inside Francie's head and witness her feeling good about herself
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