Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Things don't look too good for Dovey when she comes to and finds her enemy dead on the floor next to her. Dovey gets in her jabs whenever she can-until the day she finds herself trapped in a back room with an irate, vengeful Parnell. But behind her back, he treats Dovey and her deaf brother Amos like dirt all summer long. It all started when the wealthy, vain, greedy Parnell takes a notion to win Dovey's older sister, trying to convince her she's too pretty to go off to college. But now, faced with a murder trial, she may just have to keep her mouth shut while the slick city lawyer takes care of things. Twelve-year-old Dovey has never had the slightest problem speaking her mind. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didn't kill him." I'm here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. ![]() "My name is Dovey Coe, and I reckon it don't matter if you like me or not. ![]()
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