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Frances O'Roark Dowell - Community Reviews back

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megancsparks
megancsparks rated it 15 years ago
After I finished Falling In, I couldn't help but feel like things were kind of left unfinished. There was an ending, sure, but so many things were left unexplained and rough around the edges. Getting to the end is pretty good, though. I enjoyed Dowell's descriptions and the sense of humor evident he...
The Librariest
The Librariest rated it 15 years ago
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 ...
afterwhat
afterwhat rated it 17 years ago
I loved this book. It's a first-person narrative told by Jamie, the daughter of a Colonel at Fort Hood during the Vietnam War. At the beginning of the book, Jamie is firmly pro-war. She says that if she were old enough, she'd join up herself and drive an ambulance or something, because she would ...
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