by Frances O'Roark Dowell
My name is Dovey Coe and I reckon it don't matter if you like me or not. I’m here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didn’t kill him.Dovey Coe says what’s o...
This is the first Frances O'Roark book that I ever read. I read it back when I was in 5th grade, and I really liked it. Dovey is outspoken and proud and I really like her character. Dovey always speaks her mind and I admire that about her. Anyway, Dovey really dislikes Parnell Caraway because he tre...
Both the girls have read this for school. It's really time I gave it a shot.***Natasha read some of it to me last night. Being read to is lovely.***I had some trouble suspending disbelief on the ability of Dovey to teach Amos to lip-read and read so easily.Despite that, it's a good read. Dovey's voi...
Here’s a situation you don’t run across often in Children’s Literature: a 12-year-old murder suspect. In the first paragraph Dovey Coe, in her own words, informs us that she has been accused, and also that she is unequivocally innocent. Dovey is the audacious youngest child in a poor, proud, and ...
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