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    Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
    Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
    Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
    Audiobook6 hours

    Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?

    Written by Leslie Connor

    Narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano, André Santana, Andrew Eiden and Diane Hayes

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    About this audiobook

    A big-hearted, beautiful, and funny novel told from multiple viewpoints about neurodiversity, friendship, and community from the award-winning author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, Leslie Connor.

    Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin’s best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn’t talk.

    Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive—“a big old blurter.” Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine.

    In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare creature with a coat like a patchwork quilt. Whenever it appears, Aurora feels compelled to follow.

    At school, Aurora looks out for Frenchie, who has been her classmate until this year. One morning, Frenchie doesn’t make it to his classroom. Aurora feels she’s to blame. The entire town begins to search, and everyone wonders: how is it possible that nobody has seen Frenchie? 

    At the heart of this story is the friendship between hyper-talkative Aurora and nonvocal Frenchie. Conflict arises when Aurora is better able to expand her social abilities and finds new friends. When Frenchie goes missing, Aurora must figure out how to use her voice to help find him, and lift him up when he is found.

    Featuring a compelling mystery and a memorable voice, this is a natural next-read after Leslie Connor’s The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle.

    * Kids’ Indie Next Pick * New England Book Award Finalists 2022 *

    “Leslie Connor brilliantly depicts a genuine and meaningful friendship between a dynamic girl and her nonvocal friend. By showing the ways Aurora and Frenchie communicate, Connor gives us a blueprint for seeing autistic children in a new light. I loved, loved, loved this book!” —Cammie McGovern, author of Frankie and Amelia and Chester and Gus

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
    Release dateFeb 15, 2022
    ISBN9780062999399
    Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
    Author

    Leslie Connor

    Leslie Connor is the author of several award-winning books for children, including two ALA Schneider Family Book Award winners, Waiting for Normal and The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, which was also selected as a National Book Award finalist. Her other books include All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Crunch, and The Things You Kiss Goodbye. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her family and three rescue dogs. You can visit her online at www.leslieconnor.com.

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    • 5/5
      One of my new favorite middle grade books by one of my favorite middle grade writers. Pair up impulsive, rock-loving Aurora with non-verbal, bird-loving Frenchie and what do you get? Best friends. Each other's "person." Not many people seem to get silent Frenchie, but Aurora does. She interprets his body language. Not many people seem to get loud Aurora, but Frenchie does. He stays close to her. Frenchie is largely (not entirely) ignored by most folks, but this small Maine town jumps into action when he goes missing, and some of their assumptions about both Frenchie and Aurora change as they search. Toss in a Poem Barn, a cute-as-anything toddler, a scenic wooded setting, and a piebald deer, and you've got a story that's hard to stop reading.

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    • 3/5
      Aurora and her next-door neighbor Frenchie are neurodiverse in their own ways. Aurora is loud and spontaneous, and she works hard on tempering her behavior. Frenchie is non-vocal (likely with autism although it is never named specifically) and connects to nature. Aurora knows how to read Frenchie and understand when he is in a good mood or feeling uncomfortable. She accepts Frenchie as he is and they are each other's people. Then Frenchie goes missing and Aurora cannot contain the urgency to help find him. The author conveys Aurora's and Frenchie's unique personalities and individual challenges in a way that centers inclusion. The small-town community support further underscores the story's embrace.

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