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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.
Awards
Bank Street Children's Books "Best Books of the Year," Fiction Ages 9-12
Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Older Readers
Praise for Fleabrain Loves Franny
"Heartwarming and endlessly funny, Fleabrain Loves Franny will delight readers of all ages. Rocklin’s sharp wit and exuberant writing style are refreshing. This book is not to be missed."
--VOYA
"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."
--Publishers Weekly
"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
"Comedic and philosophical, readers will find multiple levels to enjoy."
--School Library Journal
- Sales Rank: #2069473 in Books
- Published on: 2015-08-11
- Released on: 2015-08-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.75" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 281 pages
From School Library Journal
Gr 4–6—Franny has polio in the summer of 1952. Her Jewish family is trying to do everything they can to support her, but in this Pittsburgh neighborhood Franny is relegated to watching her friends do all the things she wants to do. Along comes the flea known as Fleabrain, who lives on the tail of Franny's dog, Alf. Fleabrain is a genius—inspired by the newly published Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (also a favorite book of Franny's), or perhaps Kafka, or even by surviving periodic attacks of flea powder. He is also a voracious reader. An entertaining cast of characters include older sister Min, errant friend Walter Walter, mean-spirited Nurse Olivegarten, and Franny's lovely grandfather, Zadie. Fleabrain is a thinker and a doer, determined to get Franny going. The inclusion of details of daily life during the time period adds to the realism, but the fantasy adventures make clear that imagination is also at work. Comedic and philosophical, readers will find multiple levels to enjoy. The prejudice against persons with disabilities is startling, but as true to the time as collecting conkers and bottle caps. Fleabrain writes some bad poetry, admires James Howell's Paramoigraphyand the proverbs contained in that 17th century work. Rocklin includes an author's note reflecting on polio and the disablity issues, as well as offering a helpful bibliography and discussion guide, which will lend this title to social studies curricula. Useful and fun.—Carol A. Edwards, Denver Public Library, CO
Review
"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."--Kathleen Isaacs"Booklist Online" (08/14/2014)
"With keen insight into human (and insect) relations, Rocklin creates believable, three-dimensional characters--Franny's goody-two-shoes older sister, for example, and Franny's old gang of friends, fearful of contagion--that help anchor the off-the-wall-fantastical elements."--Elissa Gershowitz"The Horn Book Magazine" (11/01/2014)
"This book is smart, funny, and very odd; it's a love letter to reading and to the life-saving power of imagination."--Marjorie Ingall"Tablet Magazine" (12/11/2014)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
"Strong characterization will make this story a favorite, and the smart, funny writing will attract readers."--Teri Hennessy, Library Information Specialist, Wilmette (Illinois) Junior High School"Library Media Connection" (03/01/2014)
About the Author
Joanne Rocklin is the author of One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street, which won the California Book Award, and The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook, which won the Golden Kite Award and was named to Florida’s Sunshine State Young Readers Award master list. She lives in Oakland, California.
Most helpful customer reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A good introduction to polio & people with physical disabilities
By Ben Mattlin
I'm not generally a reader of middle-grade fiction, but this book was recommended to me because it's about a child who uses a wheelchair. I used to be a child in a wheelchair; now I'm an adult in a wheelchair. So you get the connection.
There's a lot in this story that really hit home for me – and I think it does a terrific job of introducing young readers to some of the realities of disability. It's especially strong on the odd and often unfair reactions of others. It's also incisive about the potential harm that can come from bad "experts," particularly negligent or pigheaded physical therapists.
The author does a good job of introducing many, many topics for classroom discussion--all within an entertaining format.
In fact, the only fault here, to me, is that there may be too much going on. Readers will learn about not just paraplegia and polio and Jonas Salk and vaccines and antibodies…, but Charlotte's Web, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jewish folklore and traditions, and on and on.
The talking flea may not be my kind of thing, but kids will probably like him. Fleabrain is certainly a rich, entertaining, and multifaceted character.
Full disclosure: I discovered at the end that my own book, Miracle Boy Grows Up, is included in the bibliography. I am flattered and honored to be among such august company.
I definitely recommend this book for young readers who want to gain knowledge of recent American history, infectious diseases, medicine, and most of all people with disabilities.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
You’ll be itching to read this book!
By Young Mensan BookParade
Fleabrain Loves Franny is about an 11 year-old girl named Francine, or Franny, for short, who has polio. The story is set in Pittsburgh in the 1950’s. Nurse Olivegarten is the nurse that does exercises with Franny every day at 9:00A.M. and 4:00P.M. To Franny, the hot water packs and the exercises hurt ALOT, and to her frustration they don’t appear to be working. She has a dog named Alf, and a sister named Minot, or Min, for short. She has a dad named Sammy, and a mother named Muriel. But, one day she found the very thing she was looking for, a friend. Specifically, a flea, named Fleabrain.
I like Fleabrain because even though he is tiny, he has a huge brain filled with lots of smart information. He is also interesting because he can make things like a formula, FB saliva #1- #3, that can miniaturize you. My third reason is that he doesn’t care how big or small he is, he can still do great things and can have a giant mind.
I am a little bit like Franny because I also have a copy of Charlotte’s Web, and it also one of my favorite books. I think that Franny is inspiring because to her, polio or not, she can still do great things!
My favorite part was when she and Fleabrain visited the Seven Wonders of the World; Stonehenge, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Colosseum, The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, The Hagia Sophia, The Taj Mahal, and The Great Wall of China. It was fun to learn about all those sights and see their Travel Journal, which held interesting facts about the places.
The author, Joanne Rocklin, has a good vocabulary that she used in the book. I think that the newspaper clips were a great touch! She made the story exhilarating and fun adventure with the flea being a friend!
I felt it was a little challenging to keep track of all the professors, scientists, dates and sayings the author provided. There was even some German and French used in this book!
Review by Brooke Z., age 8, Delaware Valley Mensa
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club. com
By Cynthia Hudson
It’s 1952 and Franny Katzenback is recovering from polio, undergoing painful physical therapy and wondering if she’ll ever walk again. During her illness she imagined she was being tended by angels, so when she starts to receive letters from a flea who lives on the tip of her dog’s tail, it seems like just another part of the strange, magical time in her life. Fleabrain comforts Franny as she frets over losing her fiends and her formerly active life. But eventually she finds that she must re-engage with the world despite her new circumstances.
Fleabrain Loves Franny by Joanne Rocklin portrays the unlikely friendship between a girl and a flea. It captures well the days before the polio vaccine, when those with the disease suffered because of their new disabilities and because they were ostracized by friends, who were afraid to catch it. Franny loves the story of Charlotte’s Web, and Fleabrain becomes her Charlotte, her personal champion.
Franny’s is a story of having courage in the face of adversity, finding friendship in surprising places, and learning when to speak up and act on injustice. Those are all interesting issues to discuss in a book club as well as the historical time frame. I recommend Fleabrain Loves Franny for mother-daughter book clubs with girls aged 9 to 12.
The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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