Saving Francesca
by Melina Marchetta Very slow read. Quite mundane.
Do not recommend
Living in Austrailia, Frankie’s mom is battling depression. Mom, who Frankie calls Mia, used to be vocal and was a professor at the university. Now she just stays in bed most of the day. Dad, Robert, is trying to hold the family together. Brother, Luca (Frankie picked that name) seems not to notice as much. Frankie is attending a predominately boys school that recently allowed girls and is trying to adjust. Fellow student Will is handsome but full of himself and makes Frankie nervous. Thomas McKee is obnoxious and rude. Frankie doesn’t quite fit in with most of the girls who tell her she takes things too personally. By the end of the story, Frankie is accepted by the other girls, the girls are accepted by the boys, and Frankie discovers her mum’s depression was caused by a miscarriage.
*Boring book, seems the same each day.

Review by Ms. Wilson