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<p><P>It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, DC, during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis. Amidst the pervasive threat of nuclear war, Franny must face the tension between herself and her younger brother, figure out where she fits in with her family, and look beyond outward appearances. For Franny, as for all Americans, it's going to be a formative year.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Wiles heads north from her familiar Mississippi terrain (Each Little Bird That Sings) for this &ldquo;documentary novel&rdquo; set in Maryland during the Cuban missile crisis. Eleven-year-old Franny, a middle child, is in the thick of it&mdash;her father (like Wiles&rsquo;s was) is a pilot stationed at Andrews Air Force Base. Wiles palpably recreates the fear kids felt when air-raid sirens and duck-and-cover drills were routine, and when watching President Kennedy&rsquo;s televised speech announcing the presence of missiles in Cuba was an extra-credit assignment. Home life offers scant refuge. Franny&rsquo;s beloved older sister is keeping secrets and regularly disappearing; her mother&rsquo;s ordered househo

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Author

Wiles, Deborah

Publisher

Scholastic, Inc.; Scholastic

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780545106054

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.89 / 5 (8,784 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14