Doll Bones
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Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A Booklist Editor's Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book. A NYPL "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing." A 2013 Goodreads Choice award nominee. A People Magazine "Best New Kids Book." Six starred reviews! Winner of a 2014 Newbery Honor Medal. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they've been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her. But they are in middle school now. Zach's father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she's been having dreams about the Queen--and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave. Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen's ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches? Doll Bones is a winner of the Newbery Honor, is the recipient of six starred reviews, was on four Best Book lists, and was called "perfect" by The New York Times.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1416963987
ISBN13:9781416963981
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Margaret K. McElderry Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.82 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Age Range:10 to 14 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 9
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago
Okay, so this book may be a bit creepy... but it's well worth reading! These three kids go on an extraordinary journey to return a precious doll where she belongs. It starts out as a playful fantasy game between three best friends. Zach loses the main player and doesn't know how to tell Poppy and Alice, so he just blows it off. The girls think that they should have one final game by giving the Queen, a china doll restricted from touch, what she wants. It ends up not quite being what they expected. Read it to live the adventure. It's wonderful!
P.S. I would not recommend reading this in the dark if you are scared easily.
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