Frances O'Roark Dowell | Bookhype

Frances O’Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe, which won the Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I’d Like to Be; The Secret Language of Girls and its sequels The Kind of Friends We Used to Be and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away; Chicken Boy; Shooting the Moon, which was awarded the Christopher Award; the Phineas L. MacGuire series; Falling In; The Second Life of Abigail Walker, which received three starred reviews; Anybody Shining; Ten Miles Past Normal; Trouble the Water; the Sam the Man series; The Class; How to Build a Story; and most recently, Hazard. She lives with her family in Durham, North Carolina. Connect with Frances online at FrancesDowell.com.

May 10, 2022

Cover of Hazard

Jul 28, 2020

Cover of How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If

How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If

Oct 8, 2019

Cover of The Class

Jun 4, 2019

Cover of Sam the Man & the Cell Phone Plan

Sam the Man & the Cell Phone Plan (Sam the Man, #5)

Sep 4, 2018

Cover of Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan

Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan (Sam the Man, #4)

Feb 27, 2018

Cover of Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan

Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan (Sam the Man, #3)

Dec 21, 2017

Cover of Margaret Goes Modern

Margaret Goes Modern

Feb 14, 2017

Cover of Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan

Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan (Sam the Man, #2)

Nov 15, 2016

Cover of Phineas L. Macguire and His Highly Scientific Notebooks . . . All of Them!

Phineas L. Macguire and His Highly Scientific Notebooks . . . All of Them! (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)

Sep 21, 2016

Cover of Birds in the Air

Birds in the Air

Aug 30, 2016

Cover of Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan

Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan (Sam the Man, #1)

May 3, 2016

Cover of Trouble the Water

Trouble the Water

Oct 20, 2015

Cover of The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy (Boxed Set)

The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy (Boxed Set) (The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy)

Nov 4, 2014

Cover of Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Cooking!

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Cooking! (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)

Oct 7, 2014

Cover of Anybody Shining

Anybody Shining

Aug 27, 2013

Cover of The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away

The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away (The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy)

Aug 28, 2012

Cover of The Second Life of Abigail Walker

The Second Life of Abigail Walker

Mar 22, 2011

Cover of Ten Miles Past Normal

Ten Miles Past Normal

Apr 27, 2010

Cover of The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy)

Mar 2, 2010

Cover of Falling In

Jul 1, 2009

Cover of Blasts Off!

Jan 6, 2009

Cover of Kind Friends We Used to Be

Kind Friends We Used to Be (The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy)

Jun 17, 2008

Cover of Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off!

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off! (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)

Jan 29, 2008

Cover of Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon