Now, everything is still about Mia, but Mia isn't 'a bit down' now. Everything was about Mia, dramatic, lively Mia. Mia was the one who told Francesca who she was, the one who made her what she is.

Mia was never 'a bit' she was always so much. At first, relatives tell Francesca that her mother's 'a bit down.' Later, though, Francesca knows Mia isn't 'a bit' anything. She's no longer full of life now she spends the days in her nightgown. No agenda other than getting through the day, for the first time all year. No plans for Francesca making new friends at school. Then, suddenly, things change in the Spinelli household. She's everything, and her everything takes over the family. She's up every morning with music and a pep talk for Francesca. Mia, Francesca and Luca's mother, is everywhere Luca is Francesca's younger brother, and they are surprisingly close. Francesca's cousin, Angelina, has always been very close to Her Italian grandparents watch game shows that they don't understand but get excited about the flashing lights. Is the friendly boy called a 'drug fiend' by Francesca's father. Will Trombal is a House leader who Francesca believes to be severely lacking in personality (but she can't stop thinking about him.). There's Thomas Mackee, who is an expert at musical burping and enjoys fart jokes. Sebastian's aren't people Francesca particularly wants to spend time with, either. Francesca would much rather be with all of her friends at Pius, but when she sees them now, they don't even seem to miss her. The girls in this school are none of Francesca's friends from her previous school only super-opinionated Tara Finke, slutty Siobhan Sullivan, and geeky Justine Kalinsky from St. as opposed to about seven hundred and fifty boys. Sebastian's which has been a boys-only school but now pretends to be coed by adding a girl's bathroom and thirty girl students Saving Francesca is a novel about love, family, friends, and so many other parts of life.

Saving francesca by melina marchetta