Francine Garcia and the Recipe for Joy
Paperback
FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction
Publisher Price: $17.95
ISBN13: 9781773371559
Publisher: Yellow Dog
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 240
Language: English
Nine-year-old Francine Garcia has to help look after her little brother, Alfond, while they stay with Auntie Flora so that Mama and Papa can take baby Ramón to Atlanta for a month of important medical treatments. And looking after Alfond isn't easy--he throws up all the time, and wrecks her things, and almost gets eaten by a tiger at the circus. Francine's recipe for joy at first involves finding a way to get herself to Atlanta too, but when that doesn't work out, she realizes that joy can be found in the most surprising places if you give it a chance.
Beverley Brenna's Francine is an unforgettable heroine in the tradition of Clementine, Harriet M. Welsch, and Ramona Quimby, who navigates the world like an elephant tiptoeing through a china shop. A swishy, rainbow-hued revelation of a novel that pops with joy. -- Michael F. Stewart, author of Seeking Draven
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