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Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Children's Book Award; Where I'd Like to Be; the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which received a Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker; Anybody Shining; and the teen novel Ten Miles Past Normal. She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

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Stacks on Stacks on Stacks rated it

13 years ago

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For more reviews, check out http://vivaladolcevita14.blogspot.com/This novel was very cute. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but still good. One thing that really bothered me was how short this book was. What I mean is that the time-frame felt too short. A sub-sect of that is how quickly ...

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anthrbookjunkie rated it

14 years ago

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To say that Ten Miles Past Normal wasn’t what I expected would be a vast understatement. I expected a light, fun read, which I suppose it was. But I found myself enjoying the novel far more than I had anticipated. Janie was a fun protagonist. She was this little animal loving hippy girl, and I’m a s...

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