Ten Miles Past Normal

Name: Ten Miles Past Normal
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
ISBN: 9781461804215

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Narrator: Jessica Almasy

Unabridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/01/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Children's Love & Romance

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Frances O'Roark Dowell has garnered the Edgar Award and the Christopher Medal for her keen-eyed, humorous fiction. Embarrassed by her family's offbeat lifestyle, Janie Gorman lives with her modern-hippy parents on a rustic goat farm. Smart, creative, and a bit quirky, Janie longs to be seen as normal. But having to milk goats every day is not helping her reach that goal.

About Frances O'Roark Dowell

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenn

This is definitely one of those books wherein I think it's totally not for everyone but I personally really, really like it. Maybe even kinda love, but I don't know if I'm feeling that expansive this afternoon. It reminded me a bit of "Into the Wild Nerd Yonder" - but shooting a little younger, i.e.......more

Goodreads review by Morgan

Janie's first few weeks of high school haven't exactly lived up to her dreams. All of her friends have different classes, and she has been marked as an outcast ever since she came to school with goat poo on her shoes. Janie wants to be "normal", which is hard when your parents are hippy-esque farmer......more

Goodreads review by Kristi

Ten Miles Past Normal is a heartwarming and funny coming of age story! Initially I was not very impressed with the story. I didn't really care for Janie and her insistent complaining about every aspect of her life. BUT then the story started growing on me.... as did Janie. I loved watching her start......more

Goodreads review by Hazel

A lighthearted story about learning to live large, doing away with normalcy and embracing the extraordinary. Janie, although on the younger side of YA at fourteen, had an adorable voice. I imagine her narrative would be relatable for teens just entering high school and struggling to fit in.......more