The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The background is blue and covered in pictures of music notes, yellow, blue, white and plain sparkles and stars, spirals, an orange planet, a paper airplane, a rain cloud and a pair of headphones. Lower centre of the cover, the picture of a young girl. She is wearing a black long sleeved shirt with a white skull in the centre, has rosy cheeks, and black hair pulled back into a pony tail. Text at the top of the cover reads the author’s name “Aoife Dooley” in dark blue caps. The title “Frankie’s World” in larger white caps. The sentences “A little but brave. Sometimes bold. Totally me.” in smaller black writing. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Bullying
• Ableism
• Parental Abandonement

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Summary:

From acclaimed Autistic Irish comedian Aoife Dooley comes a fresh and funny debut middle-grade graphic novel about fitting in and standing out. Frankie is different from everyone in her class, and she can’t figure out why. She has trouble concentrating, and her classmates tease her for not having a dad at home. To try to make sense of the world, Frankie doodles her daily adventures in a journal. One day, when Frankie sneaks into her mom’s room and sees her biological father’s name on her birth certificate, she decides to go on a mission to track him down. Could Frankie’s father be the key to finding out why Frankie feels so adrift? A unique story told with a light touch and an abundance of warmth and wit, Frankie’s World is laugh-out-loud funny and a love letter to daring to be different.

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Notes:

This is the first book in the Frankie’s World series.

There is a Kindle version.

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Archivist Comments:

This book seems quite well reviewed, though I’ve seen some mentions of the scene transitions feeling a bit abrupt in places.

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