cover image DOVEY COE

DOVEY COE

Frances O'Roark Dowell, . . S&S/Aladdin, $4.99 (181pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84667-0

The 12-year-old title character narrates this first novel, in which she attempts to set the record straight about the death of her sister's suitor. PW called Dowell "an author well worth watching." Ages 9-12. (Nov.)