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Doll Bones
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Doll Bones Hardcover - 2013

by Holly Black; Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator)

Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl. Illustrations.


Summary

A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles.

Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, theyâÈçve 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. ZachâÈçs father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares sheâÈçs been having dreams about the QueenâÈ'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 QueenâÈçs 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?

Details

  • Title Doll Bones
  • Author Holly Black; Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York
  • Date 2013-05-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781416963981 / 1416963987
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 840
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012018299
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Hand this book to any middle schooler and they will immediately relate to that tween feeling of moving from childhood to adolescence.

Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2013, Page 58
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2014, Page 15
  • BookPage, 05/01/2013, Page 0
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2013, Page 454
  • Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2013, Page 122
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2013, Page 69
  • Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books, 11/15/2013, Page 70
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2013, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 05/12/2013, Page 24
  • People Weekly, 08/12/2013, Page 67
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2013, Page 0
  • PW Best Children's Books, 11/11/2013, Page 24
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2013, Page 112
  • Shelf Awareness, 05/10/2013, Page 0
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2013, Page 35

About the author

Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of speculative and fantasy novels, short stories, and comics. She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. She has sold over twenty-six million books worldwide, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library. Visit her at BlackHolly.com.
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