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Frannie in Pieces
What does you in—brain or heart? Frannie asks herself this question when, a week before she turns fifteen, her dad dies, leaving her suddenly deprived of the only human being on planet Earth she feels understands her. Frannie struggles to make sense of a world that no longer seems safe, a world in which one moment can turn things so thoroughly for the worse. She discovers an elegant wooden box with an inscription: Frances Anne 1000. Inside, Frannie finds one thousand hand-painted and -carved puzzle pieces. She wonders if her father had a premonition of his death and finished her birthday present early. Feeling broken into pieces herself, Frannie slowly puts the puzzle together, bit by bit. But as she works, something remarkable begins to happen: She is catapulted into an ancient foreign landscape, a place suspended in time where she can discover her father as he was B.F.—before Frannie. Delia Ephron makes you laugh and makes you cry—often at the same time! .
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Frannie And Pickles: Frannie And Pickles
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Running Away with Frannie
Sam, the main character in Running Away with Frannie, meets his true love, Frannie, in a West Virginia truck stop where she s a waitress who s just about to be fired for flushing a potato down the toilet in the men s room. Sam, twenty-five, has tried five colleges in five different states and has been a factory drudge, mill hunk, mail carrier, hospital orderly, and Chuckles the Clown, among other jobs. His restless heart meets its match in Frannie, who has moved forty-eight times in two years, and who believes her special destiny like all the great wanderers in history, Christ and Mohammad, Moses and Johnny Cash, will be revealed in the journeys she undertakes. What this pair of nomads didn t count on, however, was falling in love, and how staying together means, at least for a time, staying in one place. This is also, in part, a story of reconciliation with family: after his father s death, Sam discovers, through random encounters with strangers and neighbors, that the abusive and alcoholic father he knew lived a double life that included acts of charity and goodness. By attempting to link his past to his present life with Frannie, Sam hopes to disprove the prediction his father once made for him: The whole world is divided into runners and chasers. You re either running toward, or you re running away. You ve spent your whole life trying to escape..
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FatLand
In the near future the Pro-Health Laws of the United States of America have become so oppressive that people seeking freedom over their bodies have established a new country In FatLand, life is good and scales are forbidden. Free from the hatred and discrimination of the Other Side, FatLanders have built happy, productive lives. But not everyone is flourishing.Soon a group of FatLanders and freedom fighters on the Other Side will face forces threatening the health and happiness of all..
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Fixing Frannie
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Fearful Frannie and Her Fateful Trip to Maui
Fearful Frannie and Her Fateful Trip to Maui is contemporary fiction for seven- to twelve-year-olds—a Hawaiian odyssey peppered with history, humor, mystery, and adventure In this story, Frannies’s wit and subtle humor, along with her dark fears, reveal a complex but entertaining personality. Her greatest challenge has come! Frannie, a slightly phobic eleven-year-old, has been told by her diplomat father she is to accompany him to Maui on a business trip. She must leave the safety of her home and her best friend, Helga, to face the unknown halfway round the world. In Maui, through repeated failures, she learns to scuba dive, and the adventure begins! She encounters strange people, real danger, and the unknown—including a mysterious sunken ship. In the dramatic, surprise conclusion, she discovers her inner strength—along with a memorable treasure..
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