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| Original Title: | Doll Bones |
| ISBN: | 1416963987 (ISBN13: 9781416963981) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Zach, Alice, Poppy Bell, Tom Bell, Nate Bell |
| Setting: | Ohio(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (2014), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (2014), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 3-6 (2015), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2015), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2016) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2013), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2014) |
Holly Black
Hardcover | Pages: 244 pages Rating: 3.69 | 23437 Users | 3880 Reviews

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| Title | : | Doll Bones |
| Author | : | Holly Black |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 244 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Horror. Mystery. Young Adult. Adventure |
Chronicle During Books Doll Bones
Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends for ever. They love playing with their action figure toys, imagining a magical world of adventure and heroism. But disaster strikes when, without warning, Zach’s father throws out all his toys, declaring he’s too old for them. Zach is furious, confused and embarrassed, deciding that the only way to cope is to stop playing . . . and stop being friends with Poppy and Alice.But one night the girls pay Zach a visit, and tell him about a series of mysterious occurrences. Poppy swears that she is now being haunted by a china doll – who claims that it is made from the ground-up bones of a murdered girl. They must return the doll to where the girl lived, and bury it. Otherwise the three children will be cursed for eternity . . .
Rating Appertaining To Books Doll Bones
Ratings: 3.69 From 23437 Users | 3880 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books Doll Bones
I read this to my 9-year-old son and we both loved it. He loved the adventure, I loved how Black so perfectly captured that age just before adolescence.As an adult, I think we forget sometimes how scary it was being a kid and realizing that growing up means putting away your toys and venturing off into the unknown of dating and adolescence.The kids in this book are so fun and the parents were also incredibly well-crafted.Then there is the ghost story, that was spooky enough to keep our interestI came at this little book with expectations waaaay too high, and my overall tepid response to it is the result. That cover, that awesome cover screams epic creep. I wanted Coraline. This is not Coraline. I hate to pit books against each other in caged death matches, but my reader brain kept doing that here, and guess which competitor got gutted and left for dead? It was gruesome to watch so ill-prepared was the one for the other. Doll Bones will have some appeal to younger middle-grade readers.
3.5/5I really enjoyed this book! I haven't had much luck with other Holly Black books in the past, so this one surprised me. It's a book that I would have loooooved as kid. I was super into spooky stories. I really liked both the characters and the writing. I just wish there'd been a little more ghost activity. The story felt like it was missing something for me. But, overall, I thought this was really cute and I had a lot of fun reading it.

Zach, Poppy and Alice are friends who have known each other for ever. The three love coming up with awesome stories and to play them out with their action figure toys. Their current story follows pirate William the Blade and his ally the thief Lady Jaye on a quest for The Queen, played by an ancient china doll. When they reach a point when William the Blade is about to find out the truth about his past, the unthinkable happens: Zachs father throws away all of his action figures because according
Sure, this book is about creepy dolls and bone china made with real bones, which would be reason enough to read it. But it's also a story about pretend games and story telling, how we need them, how we struggle to hang on to them as we get older, and how their role changes and doesn't change as we do. Lovely stuff that hits the right buttons for those of us who never gave up on playing pretend ourselves.
Another Holly Black weird success. If I was younger I would have probbaly rated it higher, but it was for a pretty young audience: Middle grade/Teen age. I love the idea of the dolls and the way that the friends bond together over their game. A fun little holly black style adventure for sure!


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