Acts of Lovingkindness - by Nina Kentsis (Paperback)
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- Francie Baum was hoping that turning seventeen would bring some changes, but maybe not so many all at once: a cute new boyfriend from the neighboring school, a shaking up of her once-solid friend group, extra homework from her Hebrew teacher, and, more worrisome, her older brother's ongoing refusal to return to rehab.
- Author(s): Nina Kentsis
- 260 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Coming of Age
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Francie begins her senior year of high school in 1994, falling in love for the first time and grappling with the absence of her beloved older brother, who's been recovering from his drug addiction in Brooklyn for the past five years.
Book Synopsis
Francie Baum was hoping that turning seventeen would bring some changes, but maybe not so many all at once: a cute new boyfriend from the neighboring school, a shaking up of her once-solid friend group, extra homework from her Hebrew teacher, and, more worrisome, her older brother's ongoing refusal to return to rehab. She didn't realize senior year of high school would be this complicated.
As she edges closer to college and the uncertainty of the future, Francie must figure out how to navigate all this and more, demonstrating how acts of lovingkindness have the power to mend even the deepest fractures.
Review Quotes
"A realistic rendering of teen life and its tumults ... combines humorous lightheartedness with tender gravity ... This is a book that teens will enjoy, and one their parents should read along with them." -- Kirkus Reviews
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