TY - BOOK N2 - Unlike other eleven-year-olds, Franny and her best friend Simone don't have time to play. Franny's father can't hold a job, and her mother must work hard to keep the family together. Franny must do the housework and care for her younger siblings. Simone must do the same to help her family, so the two friends share only their lunchtimes together. AB - Unlike other eleven-year-olds, Franny and her best friend Simone don't have time to play. Franny's father can't hold a job, and her mother must work hard to keep the family together. Franny must do the housework and care for her younger siblings. Simone must do the same to help her family, so the two friends share only their lunchtimes together. T1 - The noonday friends / DA - c1965. CY - New York, AU - Stolz, Mary, CN - PZ7.S875854 CN - PZ7.S875854 PB - Harper & Row, PP - New York, PY - c1965. ID - 74401 KW - Friendship KW - Family life KW - Poverty TI - The noonday friends / ER -