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A Newbery Honor Book A beautiful and moving novel from a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author "Hope is the thing with feathers" 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 "holy." 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? During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light--her brother Sean´s deafness, her mother´s fear, the class bully´s anger, her best friend´s faith and her own desire for "the thing with feathers." 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. [Frannie] is a wonderful role model for coming of age in a thoughtful way, and the book offers to teach us all about holding on to hope.--Children´s Literature A wonderful and necessary purchase for public and school libraries alike.--VOYA

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