Fleabrain Loves Franny by Joanne Rocklin audiobook

Fleabrain Loves Franny

By Joanne Rocklin
Read by Julie Marcus

Listening Library, Listening Library (Audio) 9781419710681
6.48 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9780553396645

This gem of a novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952. Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte’s Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain who lives on her dog’s tail. While Franny struggles with physical therapy and feeling left out of her formerly active neighborhood life, Fleabrain is there to take her on adventures based on his extensive reading. It’s a touching, funny story set in the recent past, told with Rocklin’s signature wit and thoughtfulness.

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Summary

Summary

This gem of a novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952. Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte’s Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain who lives on her dog’s tail. While Franny struggles with physical therapy and feeling left out of her formerly active neighborhood life, Fleabrain is there to take her on adventures based on his extensive reading. It’s a touching, funny story set in the recent past, told with Rocklin’s signature wit and thoughtfulness.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“With Fleabrain Loves Franny, Joanne Rocklin has brought into being perhaps the tiniest and most accomplished hero yet: a dashing, erudite, multilingual flea.” —Wall Street Journal
“Franny—a compassionate, thoughtful, and sympathetic protagonist—is believably erratic in her emotions and reflections on her illness and its effects on her previously carefree life…Rocklin’s rich depiction of 1950s Pittsburgh turns into a touching, imaginative whimsy, eventually becoming a full-fledged fantasy.” —Publishers Weekly
“Convincingly set in Pittsburgh in the early 1950s, when scientists were working on a polio vaccine, and attitudes toward people with disabilities were quite different from today’s, Rocklin’s story is a conscious homage to Charlotte’s Web, many a voracious reader’s favorite book.” —Booklist
“An exceptional flea helps a polio-stricken girl in this tale of friendship and acceptance…Rocklin perfectly captures the era of 1952 and creates a sympathetic, realistic character in Franny, who begins to accept her condition, rejoin her friends, and even protest her school’s inaccessibility.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author

Author Bio: Joanne Rocklin

Author Bio: Joanne Rocklin

Joanne Rocklin is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Strudel Stories, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an American Library Association Notable Book; and For YOUR Eyes Only!, which was a School Library Journal Best Book and a Bank Street Best Book. She lives in Oakland, California.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 6.48
Audience: Children (8–12)
Language: English

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