Stuff
Frances O'Roark Dowell's Books
There are 12 books
1.
The Second Life of Abigail Walker
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: August 28, 2012
Ages: 8 - 12
Other Formats: eBook
2.
Ten Miles Past Normal
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: March 22, 2011
Ages: above 12
Janie Gorman wants to be normal. The problem with that: she’s not. She’s smart and creative and a little bit funky. She’s also an unwilling player in her parents’ modern-hippy,...
3.
Falling In
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: March 2, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
B z z z z z z z The buzzing sound? Do you hear that? There it is again. B z z z z z z z No? Well, I really shouldn't have asked. Most people can't hear it, anyway. But, if you could, you'd think it sounds like you're teetering...
4.
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Edgar Award–winning novelist Frances O’Roark Dowell explores the shifting terrain of middle-school friendship in this follow-up to the beloved The Secret Language of Girls. Kate and Marylin are smack dab in the...
5.
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off!
(Part of From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Illustrated by: Preston McDaniels
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: June 17, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Houston, we have a problem! Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) has a lot to learn about outer space if he's going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade. To get the knowledge he needs, Mac is determined to go to space...
6.
Shooting the Moon
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: January 29, 2008
Ages: above 10
JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING.... UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING. When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters...
7.
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed!
(Part of From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Illustrated by: Preston McDaniels
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: August 28, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Phineas L. MacGuire—a.k.a. Mac—aims to be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. It’s a tall order, but he’s confident that he can achieve his goal, especially since Aretha has asked him to help her earn...
8.
Chicken Boy
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 10 - 14
Meet Tobin McCauley. He's got a near-certifiable grandmother, a pack of juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad who's not going to win father of the year any time soon. To top it off, Tobin's only friend truly believes that...
Other Formats: eBook
9.
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!
The First Experiment (Part of From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Illustrated by: Preston McDaniels
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2006
Ages: 8 - 12
Here's what you need to know about Phineas L. MacGuire, boy-scientist
extraordinaire, aka Mac:
1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove
it.
2. He's probably the world's expert on mold,...
10.
Where I'd Like To Be
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publication date: July 27, 2004
Ages: 10 - 14
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 shuffled from one...
