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My name is Dovey Coe and I reckon it don't matter if you like me or not. I'm here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didn't kill him. Twelve-year-old Dovey Coe never did like Parnell Caraway. She didn't like his slick way of wooing her older sister. She didn't like the way he maligned her beloved deaf brother. But while she didn't like him, she certainly didn't murder him. All the evidence, however, points to Dovey. Now the girl who's used to protecting everyone around her has to rely on a "city" lawyer who doesn't know goldentod from goldenroot to protect her. Dovey's not one to sit back when troubles are brewing, but just this once she might have to...or will she?
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Frances O'Roarke Dowell is the editor of a critically acclaimed arts magazine for girls. After receiving her degree in Poetry from the University of Massachussetts, she has published poems in several respected American literary journals. She has worked as a legal secretary, an English tutor and an arts administrator. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A Classic!
8 May 2000
Format:Paperback
I love Dovey! She's an amazing smart-mouthed country girl who gets caught up in a bad situation and learns about the workings of morality, ethics, and the human heart. Dovey is like Laura Ingalls but with more grit. She's the type of girl I wanted to read about when I was a girl and she's exactly the type of girl that I want my girls to read about. Remember when books were good and you wanted to be the characters in the story and felt like you were living in their world? Dovey Coe makes you feel just that way.
Hooray and huzzah! Finally, a good book for girls!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
You'll Love Dovey!
22 Dec 2001
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I'm completely impressed with Frances O'Roark Dowell's ability to create such a lovable and inspiratonal character! The main character, Dovey, is accused of the murder of her sister's evil suitor, Parnell. Her honesty--the open admission that she cared nothing for Parnell--adds to her culpability. You'll come to love the spirit of small-town, USA as you get to know Dovey, her brother Amos, and the rest of the characters. By the time you put down this book, Dovey will have inspired to you to be true to your real self and to stand up for what you know is right. Dovey is able to inspire growth in other characters as well, including her oh-so-pretty big sister and her well-educated court-appointed attorney. What I appreciate most about this novel is that Dovey is able to be tough-minded and strong-willed without going "over the top" in the unrealistic way the many novel and movie charactres do. I recommended Dovey Coe not only to young adolescent girls but also to boys who will enjoy the mysterious elements and surprise ending.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A North Carolina mountain girl is accused of murder.
1 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
The fictional heroine of this novel, twelve-year-old Dovey Coe, narrates this story in a distinctly southern voice. Dovey never even tried to disguise her hatred of her vain older sister Caroline's wealthy suitor Parnell Carraway. Seventeen-year-old Parnell was mean-spirited and sadistic, tormenting Dovey and her deaf older brother, Amos, and trying to persuade Caroline to give up her dreams of going to college. But in spite of hating Parnell so very much, Dovey would never kill Parnell. But when she is found in the same room with Parnell's dead body, that's just what Dovey is accused of doing. Now, if she's going to win her trial, outspoken Dovey has to keep quiet and let her inexperianced lawyer from the city take care of things. I highly reccomend this novel. Fans of historical fiction could definitley enjoy it. I would probably reccomend it to readers ages ten and up, but I'm fifteen and I thought it was a wonderful story.
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