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Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe (2000), The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar (Dovey Coe), the William Allen White Children's Book Award (Dovey Coe), the Christopher Award (Shooting the Moon), the VOYA Book Award (Where I'd Like to Be), and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book (Shooting the Moon). Dovey Coe has been translated into Chinese, French and German. The Secret Language of Girls has been translated into Polish. Biography The daughter of a US Army lawyer, Frances O'Roark Dowell was born in Germany and moved around frequently as a child. After graduating from high school in Texas, she completed undergraduate studies in English at Wake Forest University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband and two sons. Published works Dovey Coe (2000) Chinese translation: 我不是兇手 (Wo bu shi xiong shou; I'm not the murderer) – Taipei: The Eastern Publishing Co., Ltd, 2002. ISBN 978-957-570-676-0 French translation: Accusée! – Bayard Jeunesse, 2005. ISBN 978-2-7470-1176-1 German translation: Dunkler Sommer über Indian Creek – Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 2002. ISBN 978-3-407-79840-4 Where I'd Like to Be (2003) Chicken Boy (2005) Shooting the Moon (2008) Falling In (2010) Ten Miles Past Normal (2011) The Second Life of Abigail Walker (2012) Anybody Shining (2014) Trouble the Water (2016) Birds in the Air (2016)The Secret Language of GirlsThe Secret Language of Girls (2004) Polish translation: Sekretny język dziewczyn ISBN 978-83-60010-91-4 The Kind of Friends We Used To Be (2009) The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away (2013)From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacguirePhineas L. MacGuire ... Erupts!: The First Experiment (2006) Phineas L. MacGuire ... Gets Slimed! (2007) Phineas L. MacGuire ... Blasts Off! (2008) Phineas L. MacGuire ... Gets Cooking! (2012)Sam the ManSam the Man and the Chicken Plan (2016) Sam the Man and the Rutabaga Plan (2017)Awards 2001: Edgar Award, Best Children's, Dovey Coe 2003: William Allen White Children's Book Award, 6th–8th Grade, Dovey Coe 2008: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Shooting the Moon 2009: Christopher Award, Books for Young People - Ages 10–12, Shooting the MoonReferences External links Official author website. Discover the Frances O Roark Dowell popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Frances O Roark Dowell books.

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  • Picture Perfect synopsis, comments

    Picture Perfect

    D. Anne Love

    So far, life for fourteenyearold Phoebe Trask has been picture perfect. Her parents are successful; her older sister, Shyla, is on track to becoming the youngest lawyer in Texas; a...

  • Anybody Shining synopsis, comments

    Anybody Shining

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    Can one mistake destroy the chance of a lifetime? A girl discovers there are many ways of being true in this magnificent ode to handwritten letters and the shining power of friends...

  • A Work in Progress synopsis, comments

    A Work in Progress

    Jarrett Lerner

    A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade journey to selfacceptance told through prose, verse, and il...

  • How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If synopsis, comments

    How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    From bestselling author Frances O’Roark Dowell comes a “fresh, interesting, and unique” (Kirkus Reviews) guide to storytelling that breaks down the sometimesdaunting writing proces...

  • Team Meena synopsis, comments

    Team Meena

    Karla Manternach

    “For Junie B. graduates” (Kirkus Reviews), the fourth and final novel in the Meena Zee series follows irrepressible Meena as she maintains a longdistance friendship with Sofía and ...

  • Meena Meets Her Match synopsis, comments

    Meena Meets Her Match

    Karla Manternach

    “For Junie B. graduates” (Kirkus Reviews). Join Meena as she navigates the triumphs and challenges of family, friendship, and personal secrets in this charming middle grade debut.M...

  • The Class synopsis, comments

    The Class

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    Twenty Kids. Twenty points of view. One rambunctious, brilliantly conceived novel that corrals the seeming chaos (c’mon, TWENTY points of view!) into one effervescent story.Sixth g...

  • The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away synopsis, comments

    The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away

    Frances O'Roark Dowell

    Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship in this conclusion to the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, a “quietly perceptive tour de force...

  • Meena Lost and Found synopsis, comments

    Meena Lost and Found

    Karla Manternach

    For graduates of Junie B. Jones, the “genuinely compassionate” (Kirkus Reviews) third novel in the Meena Zee series follows lovable Meena as she tries to keep her best friend, Sofí...