false <![CDATA[Feathers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173314937m/272334.jpg 272334 9 &#147;Hope is the thing with feathers&#148; starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more &#147;holy.&#148; There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he's not white. Who is he?<p> During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light&#151;her brother Sean's deafness, her mother's fear, the class bully's anger, her best friend's faith and her own desire for &#147;the thing with feathers.&#148;<p> Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl's heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface.<p> 264041 1 3 2007 Feathers total:727|5:137|4:257|3:240|2:75|1:19| 727 2598 1020 243 2 4 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 12:57:17 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 17:26:04 -0800 2008
It's 1971 and Frannie lives with her Deaf brother, her often-absent (but loving) father, and her pregnant mom on the black side of the tracks. She worries a lot...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 13:32:35 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 14:08:30 -0800 2008 I had high hopes and it started out great. It...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 15:48:41 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 15:49:14 -0700 2007 Hope is the thing with feathers...

Frannie's class is studying this poem and it's really gotten her thinking. She has a lot to hope for... She hopes that her mama won't lose the new baby growing inside her. She hopes that the hearing girls will stop making moves on her deaf brother only t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 23 06:18:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:58:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 11:10:55 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 11:18:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 08:08:26 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 18:07:22 -0800 2008
School is...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:21:18 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:25:04 -0800 2008
There's a new boy in Frannie's class. Her mother, who has lost a few babies, is p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 20:28:39 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:28:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 21 17:58:45 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 18:21:10 -0800 2008
this more youthful book touched my heart in many ways. it is a simple read that is a bit spiritual.

a new student arrives at middle school who the kids...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:40:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:49:31 -0800 2009
I was surprised to find this novel so involved in religious themes, but was not unsettled by its' didactic nature. Woodson tells the story of eleven year old Frannie who lives on the "other side" of the highway, in a community that is unabashedl...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 17:37:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:17:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 03 07:59:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:00:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:10:40 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:35:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Mar 12 19:24:37 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:58:01 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:24:37 -0700 2009 1
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hope is the thing with feathers.

some writing i like:

"All you need to look at is what's happening now...and be happy about it. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 27 19:54:20 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 17:26:10 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:54:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 15:23:59 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:33:30 -0800 2009
Woodson creates some interesting characters: Frannie is the narrator; Sean, her older brother is deaf, and there’s a good amount of signing; Samantha is Frannie’s best frien...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:21:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:21:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=272334