dovey

__Dovey Coe__, by Frances O’Roark Dowell ISBN: 0-689-83174-9 c2000 181 pages

-p. 1 where Dovey tells about how she didn’t like Parnell, but that she didn’t kill him
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

The year is 1928 and a lot is happening. 12 year old Dovey Coe is very protective of her family, especially Amos who is deaf. Her older sister, Caroline, is the beauty of the town, and it is well known. Caroline decides to go off to teacher’s college (she’s 16), but Parnell Caraway, the son of one of the wealthiest families in town, aims to change her mind and keep her there to marry her. Dovey can’t stand Parnell, and she makes it well know. Parnell doesn’t like her either and when he feels threatened by Dovey, he decides to do something to take care of her for once and all....only his plan doesn’t quite get carried through.
 * Summary:**

YA Fiction--historical fiction; brothers and sisters; mountain life; North Carolina; deafness; murder; physically handicapped
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