The loud silence of Francine Green

By Karen Cushman

Subjects: Catholic schools, Conformity, Politics and government, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Families, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, United states, politics and government, fiction, History, Schools, Best friends, Family life, Friendship

Description: 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.