The Loud Silence of Francine Green
by Karen Cushman
New student Sophie Bowman’s arrival at a Los Angeles Catholic school in the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2006
Word Count 50,536
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 108302
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953
- 20th century
- Family
- Politics and government
- Best friends--Fiction
- Schools
- Catholic schools--Fiction
- Best friends
- Conformity
- California
- Family life
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Catholic schools--Juvenile fiction
- Conformity--Fiction
- Catholic schools
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Families--California--Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Friendship--Fiction
- Family life--California--Fiction
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Conformity--Juvenile fiction
- Best friends--Juvenile fiction
- 1945-1953
- Friendship
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
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