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    <body><![CDATA[This book skews a little younger in the YA category.  It's for young teens, I guess, and older kids, but whomever winds up choosing it, I think they'd love it.  Francine is quiet because it keeps her out of trouble -- she's been bullied into quietness by nuns, her parents, and her big sister.  It's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65999086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Original review at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com">The Little Bookworm</a><br/><br/>Francine lives in America in 1949/1950 at the beginning of the Cold Ward when everyone was fearful of Communists and bombs and Senator McCarthy was beginning his inquiries.  She is a quiet girl who wants nothing more than to stay out of trouble.  She...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59266503">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[really well written about the perspective of young girl &amp; how we were raised back then..... Ok, so I'm younger by  a bit but it seems similar.]]></body>
    
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