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    Fleabrain Loves Franny
    Audiobook6 hours

    Fleabrain Loves Franny

    Written by Joanne Rocklin

    Narrated by Julie Marcus

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This gem of a novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952. Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte's Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain who lives on her dog's tail. While Franny struggles with physical therapy and feeling left out of her formerly active neighborhood life, Fleabrain is there to take her on adventures based on his extensive reading. It's a touching, funny story set in the recent past, told with Rocklin's signature wit and thoughtfulness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 12, 2014
    ISBN9780553396645
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    • 3/5
      I chose the audiobook edition for Fleabrain Loves Franny written by Joanne Rocklin and narrated by Julie Marcus. The year is 1952 and ten year old ,Franny Katzenback is learning to cope with the paralysis that was caused by her bout of polio. While at home from school recuperating Franny meets a flea with an extensive vocabulary and a bold personality and the two begin a friendship. Although, Fleabrain is exceptionally intelligent his social quotient isn't quite as high and there are some lessons to be learned along the way. I'm glad I chose the audiobook version for this book because I think I would have rated it lower if I was reading it myself. Julie Marcus' Fleabrain voice was just hilarious and helped add to the story which was somewhat slow at times. This book which is targeted to middle grade audiences is well written but a bit disjointed at times with the sections that feature Frannie and Fleabrain together being out in left field. While not a bad book I don't see that it will have a large appeal to its target audience because of some of the thematic elements, such as agape love, Kafka and Nietzsche. Although, the more mature middle grade student might understand the concepts I think the story line drags to much to hold their interest. 3 stars, interesting concept but lackluster execution.