Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/Atheneum $16.99 (245p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5032-5
Dowell’s (Shooting the Moon
) first fantasy novel features sixth-grader Isabelle Bean, an unconventional protagonist who prefers thrift stores to malls and demonstrates an “impressive talent for irritating teachers.” Isabelle’
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Frances O’Roark Dowell. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8179-3
Sixth grade has started, and there’s a lot going on in Ms. Herrerra’s class. New girl and budding author Ellie, who struggles to make friends, decides to write a book about her school. Becca has always been a teacher’s pet, but she can’t win over Ms.
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Frances O’Roark Dowell. S&S/Atheneum/Dlouhy, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2463-9
It’s 1953, and although race relations in the small town of Celeste, Ky., seem smooth, tensions bubble below the surface. When an 11-year-old black girl, Callie Robinson, starts following a stray dog, she crosses paths with Wendell Crow, a white boy
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Frances O’Roark Dowell. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4424-3292-5
Twelve-year-old Arie Mae Sparks is imaginative and full of energy—qualities that often translate to “awful strange” in her small mountain town in 1920s North Carolina. With the aim of cheering up her mother and making a much-needed friend, Arie Mae...
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Frances O’Roark Dowell. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-442-40593-6
In a powerful story about learning to
be proud of one’s true self and rising above bullies, sixth-grader Abby is sick
of the “medium girls,” who weigh the right amount and say all the right things, and of her parents, who are on her case about...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9585-2
Making a confident move from middle-grade into YA, Dowell (Falling In) introduces readers to high school freshman Janie Gorman, a perky cool kid turned outcast. She encouraged her parents to move to a farm in North Carolina five years ago, but she...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author Atheneum Books $15.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-689-84420-1
Wrought with the same sensitivity as her debut novel, Dovey Coe, Dowell's quietly affecting novel explores the fragile camaraderie between two 11-year-old girls who are placed in the East Tennessee Children's Home. Narrator Maddie knows there is
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author Atheneum Books $16.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-83174-4
This novel set in the 1920s uses lyrical first-person narrative to convey the fierce pride and family loyalty of a plucky mountain girl. Twelve-year-old Dovey Coe is determined to ""lay the record straight"" about the death of her sister's suitor,...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (181p) ISBN 978-0-689-84667-0
The 12-year-old title character narrates this first novel, in which she attempts to set the record straight about the death of her sister's suitor. PW
called Dowell "an author well worth watching." Ages 9-12. (Nov.)
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/Atheneum $16.99 (234p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5031-8
This sequel to Dowell's The Secret Language of Girls
follows Marylin and Kate as they start seventh grade on a tense note, having drifted from being BFFs to being neighbors who tiptoe around each other, unsure of what to say. The third-person...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/Atheneum $16.99 (163p) ISBN 978-1-4169-2690-0
Reflecting America's changing sentiments toward war, this coming-of-age novel set during the Vietnam era focuses on the internal conflicts of an Army “brat.” At first, 12-year-old Jamie Dexter doesn't understand why her colonel
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/ Atheneum $15.95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-689-85816-1
As sensitively wrought if not quite as engrossing as Dowell's Dovey Coe
, this slice-of-life novel shows the hurt, pride and hidden potential of a boy from a dysfunctional family. When Toby McCauley enters seventh grade, everyone expects him to...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (232p) ISBN 978-0-689-87067-5
"This quietly affecting novel explores the fragile camaraderie between two 11-year-old girls who are placed in a children's home," wrote PW
, calling it "a celebration of friendship and of the healing powers of the imagination."
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S/ Atheneum $15.95 (247p) ISBN 978-0-689-84421-8
In a perceptive slice-of-life novel, Dowell (Dovey Coe
) knowingly portrays the changing dynamics of middle-school relationships. Neighbors Kate and Marylin, who have been best friends since nursery school, find themselves drifting apart at the...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author , read by Denise Wilbanks. Listening Library $15 (
, unabridged, three cassettes, 4 hours, $15 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-8072-1573-9
, unabridged, three cassettes, 4 hours, $15 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-8072-1573-9
Wilbanks is a find; with just the right touch of Tennessee twang, her narration adds an extra layer of nuance to Dowell's complex and utterly memorable characters. Thoughtful and imaginative, 12-year-old Maddie considers herself a fairly...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author . S&S $15.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0756943578
Wrought with the same sensitivity as her debut novel, Dovey Coe, Dowell's quietly affecting novel explores the fragile camaraderie between two 11-year-old girls who are placed in the East Tennessee Children's Home. Narrator Maddie knows...
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Frances O’Roark Dowell, illus. by Amy June Bates. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4066-0
In a warm family story, Dowell introduces Sam Graham, age seven, who wants to earn money like his older sister, Annabelle. He offers to care for a neighbor’s chickens while she’s away, opening the door for a chicken of Sam’s own, as well as a...
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Frances O'Roark Dowell, Author, Preston McDaniels, Illustrator , illus. by Preston McDaniels. S&S/Atheneum $15.95 (167p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0195-2
Dowell (Dovey Coe
) creates a likable hero who proves that kids can be both smart and funny. Fourth grade does not get off to a super start for Mac in this first installment of the From the Highly Selective Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire series....
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