Dovey Coe

Title: Dovey Coe

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Reviewer: Megan D.

Summary: 12-year old tomboy, Dovey, doesn't like 17-year old, Parnell Caraway because he claims that Dovey has done a terrible thing. She knows in her heart that she didnt do anything bad. Parnell wants to marry Dovey's sister Caroline. Dovey does not want Caroline to marry Parnell because she thinks that everything will go wrong. Dovey talks to her mom and dad about it, but they think that Caroline should marry Parnell, and start her own life after she is finished with school. Caroline doesn't know what to do with her life. She wants to be a teacher, but Parnell already has enough money to take care of her and himself. Dovey hates Parnell so much that her town is saying that she is aiming to try to kill him. Will Dovey try to break up Parnell and Caroline and figure out why her town is saying that she is going to kill Parnell?

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The Devil and his Boy

The devil and his boy is a story that takes place in the past. The main character is a boy named Tom from Farmilingham who was sent to London by the queen (who he later finds out is his grandma). and when he gets to London he meets a thief who helps him find a job. Tom thought about what he wanted to do and decided he wanted to be an actor. Tom turns down Shakespeare because he would play a silent girl (because there were only men in plays). He finds a job with a mysterious group called the garden players. he finds out they are plotting to take out the queen. So in the act of saving her he tackles her and is to be put to death. Then Mol Cutpurse the thief and Gremial Ratsey a villain who tries to kill Tom twice saves him. The queen finds out that they are related and tells him how this is. The end.

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Dragon Song

Title: Dragon Song

Author: Anne McCaffrey

Reviewer: Grant

Menolly is a 12 year old girl that is really smart and kind but Yanus (Her father) doesn’t like her. Yanus won’t let Menolly play an instrument or sing. Menolly runs away and finds a cave that has 12 fire lizards in it. Right away she makes friends with them and they have great adventures! She also plays handmade instruments. When Menolly is caught in threadfall a young dragon rider finds Menolly. He saves her and tells her about Brendon Hall. Brendon Hall is a place where people have fire lizards. There, she finally finds a home.
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