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Frances O'Roark Dowell

(1964) Writer United States

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Frances O'Roark Dowell is a writer from the United States, best known for Shooting the Moon.

Quick Facts About Frances O'Roark Dowell

Born: May 30, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Shooting the Moon

About Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe (2000), The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar, the William Allen White Children's Book Award, the Christopher Award, the VOYA Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Edgar Awards

Quotes by Frances O'Roark Dowell

“Tobin, my man, you are going to learn about chickens. And when you to learn about chickens, you will learn about life.”

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Life

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“When I think about everything that's happened since school started, well, I don't think the word 'normal' applies to any of it.…

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Courage to live

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“I have to say, it felt good to be wanted, son. Felt real good.”

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“What filled the rooms of Grete's cottage so decidedly were woven baskets and wooden boxes and clay pots glazed in red and…

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Red and blue

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“That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still…

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Friendship

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“Dream girl? Ain't such a thing. You walk, you talk, you got mammary glands, well, that's gonna do it right there for…

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Dreams

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“Granny sat down on the step and stared off into the trees. "That girl right there, she was my only child. I…

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Brothers and sisters

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A friend is someone whose face you can see in the dark.

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Dark

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“Perhaps you'll apprentice to a healer when you're older," Grete suggested. "I'd say you have the gift for it." Hen reddened, then…

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Women-s-inspirational

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Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open,…

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Ancient

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“My dad, who my mom always refers to as DH for Darling Husband, was protrayed as a 'let's look on the bright…

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Bright side

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“I'm not done arguing with you, Mrs.Fletcher. I'm going to convince you yet." "Well I reckon I got ten or twenty more…

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Time

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“You gonna stand in my backyard and ignore me to my face?”

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“4. If you do not give your chickens enough space, light, air, and walking-around room, they will eat one another.”

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“You can't expect a person to love an animal they might see decapitated at any minute. It ain't realistic," I told Miss…

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Animals

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“Everybody's broken, sweetie. God helps us get put back together. ~Rev. Mayes The Kind of Friends We Used to Be ”

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God help

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“I like your mama,' Trena tells me. 'She seems like good people.' 'Smile!' my mom calls to me from across the room,…

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Drive me crazy

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“He was a big talker, someone who liked words for words' sake, the sound of them, the way you can pile them…

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Language

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“Quit it already. I'm pretty enough as it is.”

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