Francie Nolan is an 11-year-old girl    1    (live) in the slums（贫民窟）of Brooklyn, New York. Her family    2    (be) so pool that she and her brother have to collect junk to exchange for money. But Nolan is humble and works hard    3    (change) her life. She helps her mother do housework and spends every afternoon    4    (read) at the library. However, because of    5     (poor), Nolan has to leave high school and find a job,     6    life is full of ups and downs.

This is    7    story of the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by US author Betty Smith. First    8    (publish) in 1943, the novel covers five different periods in Nolan's life. Millions of readers    9    (inspire) by Nolan’s bittersweet story ever since. It was named    10    one of the best books of the 20th century by the New York Public Library.