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Very special story, about adoption children with a girl as main character, Well told and feel it will be a great addition to my granddaughters collection. I have always had an affinity to strong female characters in storys since i'm female and when i was very young and first learning to read, this was not the norm. Todays children have a much larger range of female stories to choose from and Frances O'Roark Dowell is an Author to follow and enjoy.


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Where I'd Like To Be Frances O'Roark Dowell 9780689870675 Books Reviews

The characters and plot develop and build nicely throughout "Where I'd Like to Be." This gradual development engaged me more and more-midway through the book I was hooked and finished the rest of the bookin a sitting. I think the author did a good job of being matter of fact about girls in a Children's Home and avoided sentimentalizing them. Highly recommended.
I am so glad I feel welcomed in my family. I am glad my mom and brother did not die. Unfortunately the little girl in Where I'd Like To Be lost both of her parents, her grandma couldn't take care of her because she got sick, so her aunt sent her off to foster care, but I still love this book.
I must say that I was taken aback by the force of this novel. I am an instructor of children with special needs, specifically youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. I am making this book required reading for my troubled students! It tackles tough subject matter in a way that is optimistic and wistful. I enjoyed the setting, and especially the author's use of language, both dialect and twists of phrase. Dowell reminds me of a poet I knew growing up in Central Texas. She knows the South, and her fondness for it shows up in her work. She is clever, and hopeful. This book may not live up the high standard Dowell set in her debut novel, "Dovey Coe," which was compared to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," but it is an excellent read, nonetheless. I look forward to reading more from this young writer (young in spirit, if not in age!).
I love this book! Tears well up in my eyes every time I see the cover. I had a troubled childhood. I was flat out miserable most days, but I learned to read at an early age and quickly grew to love it. Where I'd Like to Be is one of my favorite books for two reasons. One is because it takes places in the East Tennessee Mountains, which is close to where I grew up in Northern Georgia. The second reason is because Maddie's life in the East Tennessee Children's Home could've easily been my own, since my Mama wasn't always the best. Maddie made a lonely little girl's life a whole lot brighter!
What would you think if you were told that a ghost saved your life when you were an infant? Well, that's what Maddie's Granny Lane claims. Now 12, Maddie is living at the East Tennessee Children's Home, so she tries to feel as if she's special. It's difficult, however, when you have been sent to different foster homes your whole life. She wants a home so badly that she makes a "book of houses," in which she gathers pictures of houses --- houses where she longs to live someday.
One day, a new girl named Murphy comes to live at the East Tennessee Children's Home. Her mind is filled with magical tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to horses. Maddie is captivated, and they become really good friends. Then one day, while Ricky Ray, Maddie's friend, is visiting her, Maddie lets her guard down and decides to show Murphy her precious scrapbook. Murphy eventually comes up with an idea to build a fort.
With the help of a girl in Maddie's dorm, Ricky Ray, Maddie, Murphy, and her friend Logan start building a fort. When it's complete, they start spending a lot of time there looking at Maddie's scrapbook of houses and telling stories. Sounds great, right? Well, things begin to change when Murphy starts spending less time at the fort and everybody begins talking about her. The situation becomes worse when Murphy shows Maddie's scrapbook to everybody at school! When Maddie finds out about it, Murphy convinces her to bury it. When Maddie's friends find out, they become angry and stop talking to her. Can Maddie's friendships be saved? Will Maddie find a home?
I liked this book because it reminded me that you cannot always trust your friends. If I were Maddie, I would have buried the scrapbook too, because I would have been haunted by the unpleasant memories and too embarrassed to look at it. What would you have done? If you like reading books about family and friendships, read this one to find out what happens to Maddie and her friends!
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As an adult, I am in love with this book. I'm recommending it to all my pre-teens and teen readers (students) and hoping that my 13 year old son will read it, as well.
Great book, especially for young girls in their search for self. This book surely must be based, at least in part, on some observations from East Tennessee Christian Home in Elizabethton, Tennessee because the author has cited several times East Tennessee Children's Home (where the novel is set), as well as Allen Avenue (the actual location of The Home), and Elizabethton, Tennessee (the city in which the novel is set). I certainly encourage young girls to read the book, as well as their parents. I think it will lead to more understanding on both sides.
Very special story, about adoption children with a girl as main character, Well told and feel it will be a great addition to my granddaughters collection. I have always had an affinity to strong female characters in storys since i'm female and when i was very young and first learning to read, this was not the norm. Todays children have a much larger range of female stories to choose from and Frances O'Roark Dowell is an Author to follow and enjoy.