eBook Review: Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta

         Title: Saving Francesca
         Author: Melina Marchetta
         Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
         Edition: II/eBook English Version
         Published: May 2006
         Page: 243
         ISBN: 9780375829833
         Genre: Teenage Life, Fiction, Family, Romance

Synopsis: Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastian's boys' school that pretends it's coed by giving the girls their own bathroom. Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an impossibly dorky accordion player. The boys are no better, from Thomas, who specializes in musical burping, to Will, the perpetually frowning, smug moron that Francesca can't seem to stop thinking about.
Then there's Francesca's mother, who always thinks she knows what's best for Francesca-until she is suddenly stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost, alone, and without an inkling of who she really is. Simultaneously humorous, poignant, and impossible to put down, this is the story of a girl who must summon the strength to save her family, her social life, and-hardest of all-herself.

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