Frances O\'roark Dowell

Where I'd Like to Be Frances O\'roark Dowell

Marc Notes: A group of foster children build a home of their own. Publisher Marketing: A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life being shuttled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels, well, less than ordinary. Six-year-old Ricky Ray, who came to the Home after his parents failed to come back from a party, thinks Maddie's the cat's meow. But what does a little boy like that know? Maddie can't stop looking for a place to call home or for people who feel like home. She even makes a "book of houses," where she glues pictures of places in which she yearns to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. Maddie is enchanted.... Maybe, just maybe, she's found someone who feels like home and she lets her guard down. She shows Murphy her beloved scrapbook, never anticipating that this one gesture will challenge her very ideas of what home, and family, are all about. With her astonishing ability to create characters who linger with you long after you turn the last page, Frances O'Roark Dowell explores the many definitions, both heartbreaking and awe-inspiring, of home and family. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/24/2003 pg. 73 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2003 pg. 382 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Romantic Times 04/01/2003 pg. 32 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) School Library Journal 04/01/2003 pg. 158 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Booklist 05/15/2003 pg. 1660 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2003 pg. 396 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 90 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2004 pg. 77 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 90 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2005 pg. 52 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 603 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 663 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 823 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 996 (EAN 9780689844201, Hardcover) PW Notes and Reprints 09/06/2004 pg. 65 (EAN 9780689870675, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 09/06/2004 (EAN 9780689870675, Paperback) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 823 (EAN 9780689870675, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 996 (EAN 9780689870675, Paperback) Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 58 (EAN 9780807215739, Analog Audio Cassette) Contributor Bio:  Dowell, Frances O'Roark Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of "Dovey Coe", which won the Edgar Award, "Where I'd Like to Be", the bestselling "The Secret Language of Girls", and its sequel The" Kind of Friends We Used to Be, "C"hicken Boy", "Shooting the Moon", which was awarded the Christopher Medal, the Phineas L. MacGuire series, and most recently "Falling In." She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.