The loud silence of Francine Green

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Label

The loud silence of Francine Green

Statement of responsibility

by Karen Cushman

Creator

• trueCushman, Karen

Subject

• trueTeenage girls
• trueNuns
• truePolitical persecution
• trueSchools
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueSelf-awareness in teenage girls
• trueTeenage nonconformists
• trueThirteen-year-old girls
• trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
• Best friends -- Fiction
• trueBlacklisting of entertainers
• trueCatholic schools
• Catholic schools -- Fiction
• trueConformity
• Conformity -- Fiction
• trueDefiance
• trueEighth-grade girls
• trueFamilies
• trueFamilies -- California
• Family life -- California -- Fiction
• trueFreedom of expression
• trueFreedom of speech
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• trueIndependence (Personal quality)
• trueIndependence in girls
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueLos Angeles, California -- History -- 20th century
• trueMcCarthyism
• trueNonconformists

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueSlang-heavy
• trueWell-crafted dialogue

Character

• trueIntrospective

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Intended audience

750

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.C962

LC item number

Lou 2006

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 9

Target audience

pre adolescent