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Where I'd Like to Be Hardcover - 2003
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
From the Edgar Award-winning author of "Dovey Coe" comes this story of 12-year old Maddie, a foster child who can't stop looking for a home. When Maddie shows a new girl her beloved scrapbook, she doesn't anticipate this one gesture will challenge her very idea of what home, and family, are all about.
Summary
A ghost saved twelve-year-old Maddie's life when she was an infant, her Granny Lane claims, so Maddie must always remember that she is special. But it's hard to feel special when you've spent your life being shuttled from one foster home to another. And now that she's at the East Tennessee Children's Home, Maddie feels, well, less than ordinary. Six-year-old Ricky Ray, who came to the Home after his parents failed to come back from a party, thinks Maddie's the cat's meow. But what does a little boy like that know?
Maddie can't stop looking for a place to call home or for people who feel like home. She even makes a "book of houses," where she glues pictures of places in which she yearns to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. Maddie is enchanted....Maybe, just maybe, she's found someone who feels like home and she lets her guard down. She shows Murphy her beloved scrapbook, never anticipating that this one gesture will challenge her very ideas of what home, and family, are all about.
With her astonishing ability to create characters who linger with you long after you turn the last page, Frances O'Roark Dowell explores the many definitions, both heartbreaking and awe-inspiring, of home and family.
Maddie can't stop looking for a place to call home or for people who feel like home. She even makes a "book of houses," where she glues pictures of places in which she yearns to live. Then one day, a new girl, Murphy, shows up at the Home armed with tales about exotic travels, being able to fly, and boys who recite poetry to wild horses. Maddie is enchanted....Maybe, just maybe, she's found someone who feels like home and she lets her guard down. She shows Murphy her beloved scrapbook, never anticipating that this one gesture will challenge her very ideas of what home, and family, are all about.
With her astonishing ability to create characters who linger with you long after you turn the last page, Frances O'Roark Dowell explores the many definitions, both heartbreaking and awe-inspiring, of home and family.
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- Title Where I'd Like to Be
- Author Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York
- Date 2003-04-01
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780689844201 / 0689844204
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.56 x 5.26 x 0.85 in (19.20 x 13.36 x 2.16 cm)
- Ages 10 to 14 years
- Grade levels 5 - 9
- Reading level 910
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Tennessee
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002002183
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"A choice read aloud. Tough issues, difficult situations, engaging characters, and a tentative ending provide ample discussion possibilities."
Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/2003, Page 1660
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2003, Page 396
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 90
- Kirkus Review - Children, 03/01/2003, Page 382
- Publishers Weekly, 02/24/2003, Page 73
- Romantic Times, 04/01/2003, Page 32
- School Library Journal, 04/01/2003, Page 158
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