Dovey+Coe

Dovey Coe Author: Frances O’ Roark Dowell

First, when I read Dovey Coe I didn’t enjoy the book at all. It had parts where I thought it didn’t really need to talk about. Also they talked about Caroline way too much, when Dovey was the main character. The only part that made the book better was when it got to the killing part. Also when Dovey got her first boyfriend and kiss. The one thing I though was unusual was when Dovey would say a bad word and the parents were around and she didn’t even get yell at. Next, the plot is about a girl named Dovey and she gets accused of killing a guy. What I disliked about the plot was that it was at the plot was at the very end of the book and the last three chapters. The similar between Dovey and I is that we are both tomboys but I am not as boy like as she is, also we both have an older sister that is really girly girl. The different between her family and my family is that her family is farmers and I mine aren’t farmers. Dovey’s parents are not controlling they don’t really care what Caroline or Dovey does. When my parents care what my sister and I do, they just don’t let us go out and do whatever we want. After,the characters in the book Dovey Coe are there are the mother, the father, Dovey, Caroline, Parnell, and Amos. What I disliked about the character Parnell because he was really rude to Amos and Dovey. What I liked about Dovey is that she wasn’t like her sister she was different she was a tomboy. What I liked about Caroline was that I cold relate to Dovey on how her sister acts because my older sister is a girly girl and can get annoying. I really didn’t think about anything about the parents because they really do anything. The only two connections I have with this book is that I am kind of like Dovey I am a tomboy but I am not as much as a tomboy as her. My sister and Doveys sister is alike they are both girly girls. The books I have read none of the character aren’t like the characters in Dovey Coe. Last, I would not recommend this book because it had put the best part in the last two or three chapters. Also because to talks about things that didn’t really need to be in the book. A it had no place or being there. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone because it’s wasn’t a good book. This is what I thought about my book.

By: Megan.

I read the book Dovey Coe by Frances O’ Roark Dowell. I did not enjoy reading the book Dovey Coe because it was not based on a murder mystery until the very end of the book. I think the author could have said more about the mystery like the back of the book was referring to. Then the author talked way too much about Dovey’s sister Caroline and a list of everything she gets. I think that Dovey could have handled the Parnell thing a little bit better then the way she did. She acted to dramatic at the court scene to. “Oh yes anything to prove my innocence, even if I had to hurt myself.” Said Dovey during her very first court case. She should have said yes I will. When Dovey was dreaming about how to prove her innocent. There were too many people in that part of the story so I could not follow along. Then I don’t know why they did not let Huck into the courtroom to comfort Amos. I also feel bad for Amos because he lost one of his dogs in a horrible accident. Dovey’s mother wants Dovey to be a girly girl but inside Dovey is a tom girl. Amos is deaf but still has a great personality. Dovey’s mom is a good cook and cares somewhat for her kids. Doveys dad is a big hillbilly who loves playing his banjo ya’ll. Caroline is a huge girly girl and gets anything she wants by using her eyes. Parnell caraway the worst person ever o walk across Indian Creek. All of these characters has great personalities but some are evil. I would not recommend this book to other people unless you like boring books that go on about the same stuff. I would recommend this book to people who like suspense and somewhat a murder mystery. This book was not very good till the very end. The very last chapter in the book was the best in the whole book because it was near the end of the book. So if you are that type of person read the book! By: Kelcie

To begin, the book that I read for book discussions was Dovey Coe and the author is Frances O’Roark Dowell. I absolutely loved the book to extremes because it was very interesting and made me want to keep reading on. Something creative about the book Dovey Coe was the mystery that happens all through out. When you start to get further in to the book when it talks about who killed Parnell, it never ends up telling you till like the very last page. Also in the book it will say something like a mystery but never really tell you how it happened, or who did it. In addition, the book “Dovey Coe” is basically about how nobody likes this kid Parnell. The kid Parnell had died but you don’t find out who killed him or how he was killed till the very end. I absolutely adore how they put so much detail in the plot and how they don’t just come out and tell you how or who killed Parnell. What I didn’t like about the plot was that they never tell you how Parnell was killed or who killed him till the end but instead they expand what all happened. I didn’t enjoy that because I hate having to read extra stuff and having to wait for the main part or the most interesting part to come up and tell me. The only thing comparable between Dovey and I is that she has a older sister who loves to dress up and look nice and so do I. Something dissimilar is that Dovey has a brother but he can’t talk and I have a brother to but he can talk. I have read another book with a similar plot being “She Said Yes”. In that book it also has to do with somebody dieing that one family loved and cared about a lot! In other words, the main character is Dovey Coe and she loves to get involved with other peoples business and try to become a part of it. She doesn’t know when to say no and when to stop herself from getting in to other peoples stuff. What I loved about Dovey was that she wasn’t afraid to do something and she helps people a lot. Dovey always tried to help her brother learn how to talk and always looked out for him. Dovey was the one that went in and tried to get her brothers dog Huck back in a room where Parnell ended up murdering him. Something similar between Dovey and I is that she isn’t afraid to stand up for herself and either am I. If people are making me infuriated or are picking on me or another friend I will stick up for them and make them stop because it is very impolite. Out of all the books I have read I have never read a book where a character has related to Dovey or any other character in the book. In conclusion, I would definitely suggest this book to every single person out there who loves to read. Even if you don’t like to read this book will get you so fascinated in reading that you will be reading at least one book every week. I would recommend Dovey Coe because it is very mysterious and creative. Instead of just saying the information in the book they write them in a creative way and makes you think that they put a lot of time into that one sentence. Remember this book is an astounding book but is also very sad and could make some people whimper!

By: Ashlee!

My niece’s worst day ever!! By:  Katelyn McCarty Never let children near the stairs at the age of 3 months. Even if they can’t crawl. We couldn’t tell that she was there until Amber heard banging down the stairs. If you would ever see a kid go down the stairs it’s strange. I guess no one was watching her so she… First thing on that frightening day, we were at my sister’s house and we thought that my niece, Kristin, was in the bedroom. But then we heard her trembled down the stairs. We all started rushing over. Then I saw my sister checking to see if she was still alive. Then my sister was crying like a baby, I thought that she was dead. However she was choking up because she was all jittery that she was alive.

“ How could you not watch your daughter, you just let her wonder around!” My mom squealed.

“ECESSIVE”! There is red, watery liquid every where” my sister yelled. “That’s blood stupid!” I said “Lets take her to the hospital NOW!” my mom said

Next we went to the emergency room the doctor put here on some blue, squishy sleeping pill. So when she fell a sleep she stoped breathing but when they woke her up she breathed again. They put her on this one machine so that when she goes to sleep she wears it to help her self-breath.

That night before we went to sleep she had her machine and was ok. Now she is ok but she still has the breathing machine. But uses it for 3 hours. Her breathing got a lot better though she is on the rough side. When she turns four she will be back to normal. That day was awful to me because I almost lost my first niece.