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...
Another great Francis O'Roark Dowell book. This is the story of Jamie. She and her brother TJ have always looked up to their father, the Colonel. But when TJ enlists in the army to serve in the Vietnam war, the Colonel is less than pleased. Jamie, however is thrilled. She asks TJ to send her letters...
This is the sequel to The Secret Language of Girls. I really liked that book, so I read this one. It wasn't as good as the first one, but it was still good and I still recommend it.
I read this book in 7th grade and it was pretty good. I can really relate to Kate, because I have felt left out before too. When I entered middle school, I had no classes with my best friend and we started to kind of drift apart. I felt left out and alone because she made new friends, but I was kind...
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...
This will be a rather small review, and my first, but I'll just say that it was a smaller book.First off, it started off good. Twelve year old girl, Jamie, and her older brother, TJ, who I think is about five years older. Jamie's dad is the Cornell in the army, and her mother is a stay at home mom. ...
This will be a rather small review, and my first, but I'll just say that it was a smaller book.First off, it started off good. Twelve year old girl, Jamie, and her older brother, TJ, who I think is about five years older. Jamie's dad is the Cornell in the army, and her mother is a stay at home mom. ...
"But the Colonel seemed to want me to be happy, and he seemed genuinely pleased when I was happy, and that struck me as a pretty good definition of love when you got right down to it."
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...
I'm feeling ambivalent about this story. It was good storytelling, easy to read, and especially good for kids who feel like they don't fit in. The narrator had some funny comments, but they were included so randomly and rarely that they were more like an interruption. And I didn't have a good sense ...
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