![]() ![]() Book Synopsis A really good story about the very complex world of trying to find out who you really are.- Judith Katz, author of The Escape Artist and Running Fiercely Toward A High Thin Sound On the second day of ninth grade, introverted Frances meets Sonja, a wildly funny newcomer from France, and the girls form a fast friendship. ![]() But respective family crises begin to escalate, and tensions come to a head when Sonja temporarily moves in with Francess family - forcing each friend to decide how close is too close. Frances and Sonja immediately declare themselves The Poets and rally their homeroom to enter the homecoming parade with a poetry-mobile built from Francess fathers old band bus. Frances adores Sonjas worldliness, and Sonja adores Francess family, especially her older brother, Will. ![]() About the Book On the second day of ninth grade, introverted Frances meets Sonja, a wildly funny newcomer from France, and the girls form a fast friendship. ![]()
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