Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe , The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar , the William Allen White Children's Book Award , the Christopher Award , the VOYA Book Award , and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book .
Dovey Coe has been translated into Chinese, French and German. The Secret Language of Girls has been translated into Polish.
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