Dovey Coe is an amazingly strong, confident girl growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, created by author, Frances O'Roark Dowell. I chose this because it won an Edgar Allan Poe award so I thought it would be a great mystery. I think that it is a good book to show the way of life of people growing up in the mountains of the South. It uses Dovey's voice throughout which is her southern accent infused with grammatical errors to craft the main character. The mystery of the book is who killed the antagonist, Parnell. The majority of the book is developing the characters and conflict. The mystery does not come until very late in the book and is quickly wrapped up in three chapters. It is an excellent example of how a family pulls together in adverse circumstances. It is a great story, but not really that great of a mystery. I need to keep looking for my mystery.completed June 20, 2010
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