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The scrapbook of Frankie Pratt : a novel in pictures / Caroline Preston.

Preston, Caroline. (Author).

Summary:

"For her graduation from high school in 1920, Frankie Pratt receives a scrapbook and her father's old Corona typewriter. Despite Frankie's dreams of becoming a writer, she must forgo a college scholarship to help her widowed mother. But when a mysterious Captain James sweeps her off her feet, her mother finds a way to protect Frankie from the less-than-noble intentions of her unsuitable beau. Through a kaleidoscopic array of vintage postcards, letters, magazine ads, ticket stubs, catalog pages, fabric swatches, candy wrappers, fashion spreads, menus, and more, we meet and follow Frankie on her journey in search of success and love."--Cover, p. [2].

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061966908
  • ISBN: 9780061966903
  • Physical Description: 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, [2011]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
730L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 2 151166.
Subject:
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Nineteen twenties > Fiction.
Scrapbooks > Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women > Fiction.
Genre:
Experimental fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cumberland Headquarters F PRESTON (Text) 31781038786693 Adult Fiction Available -
Elkin Public Library F PRESTON (Text) 40599000823339 Adult Fiction Available -
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library AF Pre (Text) 30308100979542 Adult Fiction Available -
High Point Library FIC Preston,Caroline (Text) 30519009305460 Adult Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library F/PRESTON (Text) 33262003112262 Adult Fiction Available -
Lenoir Library F PRESTON Caroline (Text) 50669011585719 Adult Fiction Available -
Moore County Library FIC PRESTON (Text) 48198000772463 Adult Fiction Available -
Paddison Memorial Branch FIC Preston, Caroline (Text) 0112518606028 Adult Fiction Available -
Person County Library F PRE (Text) 34622001348870 Adult Fiction Available -
Rutherford County Library F Pre (Text) 38801101854096 Adult Fiction In transit -

Accessibility Features

Summary: "For her graduation from high school in 1920, Frankie Pratt receives a scrapbook and her father's old Corona typewriter. Despite Frankie's dreams of becoming a writer, she must forgo a college scholarship to help her widowed mother. But when a mysterious Captain James sweeps her off her feet, her mother finds a way to protect Frankie from the less-than-noble intentions of her unsuitable beau. Through a kaleidoscopic array of vintage postcards, letters, magazine ads, ticket stubs, catalog pages, fabric swatches, candy wrappers, fashion spreads, menus, and more, we meet and follow Frankie on her journey in search of success and love."--Cover, p. [2].