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Title: Where I'd Like To Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell ISBN: 0-689-84420-4 Publisher: Atheneum Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything a Chidlren's book should be
Comment: The characters and plot develop and build nicely throughout "Where I'd Like to Be." This gradual development engaged me more and more-midway through the book I was hooked and finished the rest of the bookin a sitting. I think the author did a good job of being matter of fact about girls in a Children's Home and avoided sentimentalizing them. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: High praise for Dowell's second book
Comment: I must say that I was taken aback by the force of this novel. I am an instructor of children with special needs, specifically youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. I am making this book required reading for my troubled students! It tackles tough subject matter in a way that is optimistic and wistful. I enjoyed the setting, and especially the author's use of language, both dialect and twists of phrase. Dowell reminds me of a poet I knew growing up in Central Texas. She knows the South, and her fondness for it shows up in her work. She is clever, and hopeful. This book may not live up the high standard Dowell set in her debut novel, "Dovey Coe," which was compared to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," but it is an excellent read, nonetheless. I look forward to reading more from this young writer (young in spirit, if not in age!).
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Story!
Comment: Frances Dowell has an amazing sense of what makes kids tick-- the secret worlds they create for themselves. Though the characters in this book are in foster care, young readers from any experience would relate to the desire to build a place of their own and find the story a great escape. The characters and dialogue are very true, and many scenes reminded me of my own childhood friendships, from the very first chapter where the main character makes a new friend. I also love the idea that it only takes a little bit of love and encouragement from a special person for kids to possess the confidence to deal with difficult situations. I highly recommend this book to both kids and grown-ups!
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Title: The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon ISBN: 0823417514 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: My Chimp Friday: The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis ISBN: 0689838379 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor ISBN: 0374322589 Publisher: Frances Foster Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 0399231153 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green, Mamie Johnson ISBN: 0803726619 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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