num_pages: 208
description: My name is Dovey Coe and I reckon it don't matter if you like me or not. I'm here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didn't kill him .Dovey Coe says what's on her mind, so it's no secret that she can't stand Parnell Caraway. Parnell may be the son of the richest man in town, but he's mean and snobby, and Dovey can't stand the fact that he's courting her sister, Caroline, or the way he treats her brother, Amos, as if he were stupid just because he can't hear.So when Parnell turns up dead, and Dovey's in the room where his body is discovered, she soon finds herself on trial for murder. Can the outspoken Dovey sit still and trust a city slicker lawyer who's still wet behind the ears to get her out of the biggest mess of her life?
language: English
title: Dovey Coe
titlecomplete: Dovey Coe
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Juvenile, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 2526
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Juvenile, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers