Saving Francesca

Francesca battles her mother, Mia, constantly over whats best for her. All Francesca wants is her old friends and her old school, but instead Mia sends her to St. Sebastians, an all-boys school that has just opened its doors to girls. Now Francescas surrounded by hundreds of boys, with only a few other girls for company. All of them weirdosor worse.

Then one day, Mia is too depressed to get out of bed. One day turns into months, and as her family begins to fall apart, Francesca realizes that without her mothers high spirits, she hardly knows who she is. But she doesnt yet realize that shes more like Mia than she thinks. With a little unlikely help from St. Sebastians, she just might be able to save her family, her friends, andespeciallyherself.

From the Hardcover edition.

Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastian’s, a boys' school that's pretends it's coed by giving the girls their own bathroom.  Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an impossibly dorky accordion player.  The boys are no better, from Thomas, who specializes in musical burping, to Will, the perpetually frowning, smug moron that Francesca can't seem to stop thinking about.

Then there's Francesca's mother, who always thinks she knows what's best for Francesca—until she is suddenly stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost, alone, and without an inkling of who she really is.  Simultaneously humorous, poignant, and impossible to put down, this is the story of a girl who must summon the strength to save her family, hersocial life and—hardest of all—herself.

From the Hardcover edition.

Then there's Francesca's mother, who always thinks she knows what's best for Francesca—until she is suddenly stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost, along, and without an inkling who she really is.  Simultaneously humorous, poignant, and impossible to put down, this is the story of a girl who must summon the strength to save her family, her social life and—hardest of all—herself.