Dovey Coe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689831744)

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.
There have been Coes living in the mountains of Indian Creek, North Carolina, going on forever, and everyone in town is amazed that twelve-year-old Dovey might up and do such a terrible thing. Even if the girl does have a tendency to shoot her mouth off, she's had good reason since she's always had to stick up for her brother, Amos, who may be older and bigger, but folks treat like he's slow on account of his being deaf.
Her sister, Caroline, might shake her head over Dovey's high spirits, but if Caroline hadn't been letting the likes of Parnell Caraway hang around her all summer, Dovey wouldn't be in this mess. Dovey's not one to sit back when troubles are brewing, but now with this murder charge, for once she might just have to keep quiet and let the slick city lawyer take care of things...or will she?
Frances O'Roark Dowell has created an irresistible heroine the likes of whom have not been seen since the legendary Scout first appeared in Harper Lee's classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
ISBN-10: 0689831749
ISBN-13: 9780689831744
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2000
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.23h x 5.49w x 0.78d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41622 / Dovey Coe

Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Winner
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1537
School Library Journal 05/01/2000 pg. 171
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2000 pg. 94
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2000 pg. 712
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 302 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 302 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly 05/15/2000