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245 pp.
| Candlewick |
September, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-4939-5$15.99
(1)
YA
Twelve-year-old Frankie is the anxious youngest son in a quirky, loving, extended family, but its rich culture of jokes and rituals cannot quite compensate for Frankie's mother's (unnamed) agoraphobia. A new friend, the bold and outspoken Sydney, opens Frankie to the possibility of change--and the delicate hint of romance. This New Zealand import is witty, delightfully rambling, iconoclastic, and deeply moving.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2010