This is a classic--really an insightful story about a poor family living in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. It was interesting to get a glimpse of how it must have been to scrounge up enough money to make it through the week. I loved Francie, the main character. She is 10 when the book begins and turns 17 at the end. So we walk with her through her childhood and her finishing grade school. She and her brother are the first in the family to graduate from grade school. She has to go to work when her father passes away, but eventually she finds her way back to school. Oh and meets a boy of course.
I strongly recommend reading this if you haven't.
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