Francie (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books) - Hardcover

"Set sometime during the Truman administration, this portrait of a 12-year-old black girl in Alabama is a model of economy. Karen English compresses worlds of feeling and experience into every sequence of her first novel, offering readers not just a good diversion but an opportunity to try on someone else's skin." --" The New York Times Book Review
"Francie's smooth-flowing, well-paced narration is gently assisted by just the right touch of the vernacular. Characterization is evenhanded and believable, while place and time envelop readers. The message that one must rise out of oppression and actively seek a better life is a good one." --Starred, "School Library Journal
"A keenly perceptive and gutsy heroine." --Starred, "Publishers Weekly
"Francie and her mother and younger brother believe that their days in rural Alabama in the early 1950s will soon be behind them: their father has promised to send for them when his job as a Pullman porter in Chicago permits it. In the meantime, Francie suffers constant injustices...Readers will cheer Francie and her brave mother." --"The Horn Book"  "Set sometime during the Truman administration, this portrait of a 12-year-old black girl in Alabama is a model of economy. Karen English compresses worlds of feeling and experience into every sequence of her first novel, offering readers not just a good diversion but an opportunity to try on someone else's skin." --" The New York Times Book Review"
"Francie's smooth-flowing, well-paced narration is gently assisted by just the right touch of the vernacular. Characterization is evenhanded and believable, while place and time envelop readers. The message that one must rise out of oppression and actively seek a better life is a good one." --Starred, "School Library Journal"
"A keenly perceptive and gutsy heroine." --Starred, "Publishers Weekly"
"Set sometime during the Truman administration [1945-1953], this portrait of a 12-year-old black girl in Alabama is a model of economy. Karen English compresses worlds of feeling and experience into every sequence of her first novel, offering readers not just a good diversion but an opportunity to try on someone else's skin."--"The New York Times Book Review""" "Francie's smooth-flowing, well-paced narration is gently assisted by just the right touch of the vernacular. Characterization is evenhanded and believable, while place and time envelop readers. The message that one must rise out of oppression and actively seek a better life is a good one."--"School Library Journal," Starred Review"" "Readers will cheer Francie and her brave mother, from whom she inherits her rare grace and honesty."--"The Horn Book""" "A keenly perceptive and gutsy heroine."--"Publishers Weekly," Starred Review "English beautifully captures the charm and peril of Francie's Alabama."--"USA Today"

Set sometime during the Truman administration [1945-1953], this portrait of a 12-year-old black girl in Alabama is a model of economy. Karen English compresses worlds of feeling and experience into every sequence of her first novel, offering readers not just a good diversion but an opportunity to try on someone else's skin. "The New York Times Book Review"

Francie's smooth-flowing, well-paced narration is gently assisted by just the right touch of the vernacular. Characterization is evenhanded and believable, while place and time envelop readers. The message that one must rise out of oppression and actively seek a better life is a good one. "School Library Journal, Starred Review"

Readers will cheer Francie and her brave mother, from whom she inherits her rare grace and honesty. "The Horn Book"

A keenly perceptive and gutsy heroine. "Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"

English beautifully captures the charm and peril of Francie's Alabama. "USA Today""

"Set sometime during the Truman administration [1945-1953], this portrait of a 12-year-old black girl in Alabama is a model of economy. Karen English compresses worlds of feeling and experience into every sequence of her first novel, offering readers not just a good diversion but an opportunity to try on someone else's skin." --The New York Times Book Review

"Francie's smooth-flowing, well-paced narration is gently assisted by just the right touch of the vernacular. Characterization is evenhanded and believable, while place and time envelop readers. The message that one must rise out of oppression and actively seek a better life is a good one." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

"Readers will cheer Francie and her brave mother, from whom she inherits her rare grace and honesty." --The Horn Book

"A keenly perceptive and gutsy heroine." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"English beautifully captures the charm and peril of Francie's Alabama." --USA Today

Karen English is a teacher and an author of many picture books, including Just Right Stew. She lives in Los Angeles, California.