Surrounded by hundreds of indifferent boys and a few oddball girls. Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating 32,620 ratings published 2003. Sebastian's, she just might be able to save her family, her friends, and - especially - herself. Francesca Spinelli is a new student at St. But she doesn't yet realize that she's more like Mia than she thinks. One day turns into months, and as her family begins to fall apart, Francesca realizes that without her mother's high spirits, she hardly knows who she is. Then one day, Mia is too depressed to get out of bed. Now Francesca's surrounded by hundreds of boys, with only a few other girls for company. (A movie adaptation of the novel has been in the works for several years). Sebastian's, an all-boys' school that has just opened its doors to girls. Saving Francesca fans, I have some good news: Melina Marchetta says shes just handed in the first draft of the screenplay. All Francesca wants is her old friends and her old school, but instead Mia sends her to St. Francesca battles her mother, Mia, constantly over what's best for her. If you know my mother, you'll sense there's an irony there, based on the fact that she is the Queen of the Limitation Placers in my life. MOST OF MY friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn't allow it because she says the girls there leave with limited options and she didn't bring me up to have limitations placed upon me.
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