- Race relations, Families, Family, Juvenile fiction
Nobody knows what to make of the new boy in Frannie’s class. Not only does he look different, but he’s kind to everyone, he refuses to fight, and he doesn’t even seem to mind when the other kids nickname him Jesus Boy.
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Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Jacqueline Woodson
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 163
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin USA, Inc., Putnam Juvenile
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399239892
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