The Lovely Shoes
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780439680493
Pages
256 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In 1950s Ohio, ninth-grader Franny feels isolated and self-conscious at high school because of her deformed leg and feet, but her irrepressibly high-spirited mother is determined to find shoes for Franny to wear at the school dances.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
1030L
Diversity Topics
Health & Disability; Physical disability; congenital limb difference
Main Character
female teenager
Keywords
coming of age; insecurity; growth; teenager; congenital limb difference; disability, high school
STARS Citation
Shreve, Susan, "The Lovely Shoes" (2011). Diverse Families. 2255.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2255