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Frances O'Roark Dowell

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Frances O'Roark Dowell was born on a military post in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 1964. She received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Massachusetts. She has written numerous books including Where I'd Like to Be, The Secret Language vis mere of Girls, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, and Falling In. She also writes the Phineas L. MacGuire series. She has received numerous awards for her work including Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel for Dovey Coe in 2001, the William Allen White Award for Dovey Coe in 2003, and the Christopher Medal for Shooting the Moon. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Frances O'Roark Dowell

Shooting the Moon (2008) 1,223 eksemplarer
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (2009) 814 eksemplarer
The Secret Language of Girls (2004) 762 eksemplarer
Dovey Coe (2000) 609 eksemplarer
Where I'd Like To Be (2003) 534 eksemplarer
Chicken Boy (2005) 471 eksemplarer
Falling In (2010) 313 eksemplarer
Ten Miles Past Normal (2011) 303 eksemplarer
The Second Life of Abigail Walker (2012) 200 eksemplarer
Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan (2016) 56 eksemplarer
Trouble the Water (2016) 53 eksemplarer

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Found: YA book about orphaned girl i Name that Book (december 31, 2023)
(M81'12) Ten Miles Past Normal, Frances O'Roark Dowell i World Reading Circle (november 2012)

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A novel in verse about understanding and overcoming a rage deep inside of you. One that causes you to hurt people and Understanding why you have this rage. Haz’s story is told through text messages, free verse emails to his therapist and transcripts of interviews between him, his mom and his Granny. The author definitely gets across Haz’s confusion and anger stemming from his dad’s injury and own anger. This read at a higher level than MS.
 
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Z_Brarian | 2 andre anmeldelser | Dec 12, 2022 |
I wish I had these books back when I was an elementary teacher. They are great!
 
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RobertaLea | 10 andre anmeldelser | Oct 2, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
While this book brought up serious and important topics, the way it was told made it hard to understand. I was bored, couldn't connect to any of the characters despite wanting to, and was lost half the time. The structure in this is nonsensical. It's slow to start and just--ends. There's no real character arc in a book that seems built to have one. Somehow, it was a quick read.
 
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iszevthere | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jul 27, 2022 |

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Værker
38
Medlemmer
6,286
Popularitet
#3,904
Vurdering
½ 3.7
Anmeldelser
175
ISBN
225
Sprog
3

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