Frances O Roark Dowell: 25 books

Book cover of A Friendship Album Christmas, 1932
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

When Emmeline Grangerfield sets out to make Christmas merry and bright for a group of orphans, things quickly spiral out of control. Will help arrive in time to revive her holiday spirit? It will be up to the quilters of Depression-era Milton Falls, Ohio, to find time for the true meaning of Christmas...
Book cover of Margaret Goes Modern

Margaret Goes Modern

and Other Quilting Stories

by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017

From the author of Birds in the Air, a touching, big-hearted collection of short stories about women whose lives revolve around family, friends and quilt-making. “This collection presents the cozy comfort of characters we quilters easily recognize and relate to, but goes far deeper,” writes Marianne...
Book cover of Birds in the Air
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016

The quilting novel Marianne Fons calls "a truly enjoyable read" about "the power of quilts to connect, heal, and restore the soul...” When Emma Byrd moves into the house of her dreams in the small mountain community of Sweet Anne's Gap, she knows that making friends may prove...
Book cover of Chicken Boy
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2008

Tobin Mccauley'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 the study of chickens will reveal...the meaning of life? Getting through seventh grade...
Book cover of Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018

Sam the Man is back with not one, but TWO plans in this third hilarious chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Sam Graham is a dragon fan and a big truck man. Monster trucks to be specific. And when the family minivan needs replacing, Sam has the perfect plan:...
Book cover of Ten Miles Past Normal
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011

From bestselling author Frances O’Roark Dowell, a “funny and winning” (Kirkus Reviews) tale of one teen’s quest for normalcy—and the much more exciting detours she takes along the way. Janie Gorman is smart and creative and a little bit funky…but what she really wants to be is normal....
Book cover of The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010

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 middle of middle school—seventh grade—and they know they can never be best friends...
Book cover of Sam the Man & the Cell Phone Plan
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019

Sam Graham wants a cell phone to help him with his research, but when his parents say no, he has to come up with another way to keep all the info he needs in his pocket in this hilarious fifth chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Here are the facts: Sam Graham...
Book cover of Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018

Sam Graham is a mystery man. But when there are no mysteries to solve, Sam comes up with a plan to find one in this hilarious fourth chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Sam Graham loves solving mysteries. After successfully solving the mystery of Annabelle’s...
Book cover of Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017

Sam the Man has a new school project. He’s got to “babysit” the—eep!—worst vegetable ever this second hilarious chapter book in a new series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Sam the Man is back, and he needs a NEW plan. Sam has already solved a chicken problem, but this time, he’s...
Book cover of Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016

Sam the Man wants to earn some money and he’s got a cluck-worthy plan in this endearing chapter book that’s the first in a new series from Frances O’Roark Dowell. Sam the Man needs a job. His sister gets twenty bucks a pop for mowing people’s lawns. But seven-year-olds aren’t allowed...
Book cover of Falling In
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010

There are some people in this world who are a little more aware, a little more in tune with what’s happening around them. Isabelle Bean is one of those people, and when she sits in her regular, average classroom, listening to an odd buzzing sound and feeling as if she is teetering on the edge of...
Book cover of Anybody Shining
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014

Can one mistake destroy the chance of a lifetime? A girl discovers there are many ways of being true in this magnificent ode to handwritten letters and the shining power of friendship from the author of Dovey Coe, set in the Appalachian mountains of 1920s North Carolina. One true friend. Someone...
Book cover of Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed!
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010

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 a Girl Scout badge by creating the mold that produces penicillin. How many fourth graders...
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