![]() ![]() Francine begins to examine her own values, particularly when an actor friend of Sophie's father is blacklisted and Mr. Her questioning of the nuns' disparaging comments about "the Godless" communists frequently leads to her being punished and eventually to her expulsion from school. ![]() While Francine is quiet and committed to staying out of trouble, happy to daydream of Hollywood movie stars and to follow her father's advice not to get involved in controversy, Sophie questions authority and wants to make a difference. This novel follows Francine's eighth-grade year, from August 1949 to June 1950, at All Saints School for Girls in Los Angeles, a year of changes largely inspired by a new transfer student, Sophie Bowman. Cushman creates another introspective female character who is planted firmly in her time and who grows in courage, self-awareness, and conviction. ![]()
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