Lindsey's Library

Synopsis

Frannie’s life is about to change in important ways. She just doesn’t know it yet. While contemplating a famous line from an Emily Dickenson poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” she notices a change in her surroundings—winter emerges, her mother becomes pregnant, and, most importantly, a new boy arrives in class who looks like Jesus. Within just a few months, Frannie grows sensitive to the people around her, and the result is that she herself changes and discovers the true meaning of hope in light of Emily Dickenson’s words. …