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| Title | : | Doll Bones |
| Author | : | Holly Black |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 244 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Horror. Mystery. Young Adult. Adventure |
Holly Black
Hardcover | Pages: 244 pages Rating: 3.69 | 23437 Users | 3880 Reviews
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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 . . .
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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) |
Rating Out Of Books Doll Bones
Ratings: 3.69 From 23437 Users | 3880 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books Doll Bones
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.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!
I loved this book! I was hesitant going in because it is a middle grade book. I was pleasantly surprised. This book pulled me in immediately. The writing was amazing and I loved the illustrations. Three friends play an imaginary game. When Zach can no longer play, the game is over. Until Poppy has a dream about the bone China doll that acts as the queen of their game. Thus begins their quest and creeping happenings along the way. This book was fun and the writing was perfect. Recommend for
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.
Oh man. Where did this Holly Black come from? She's always been a pretty good writer to me. I really liked the Curse Workers series, but this is a new, and drastically improved Holly Black. This is Newbery award worthy stuff, guys. This passes anything Holly Black has written so far, by miles, and it's also better than any 2013 book I've read so far. I really think it's leading the Newbery race at this point.The problem is, when a book is leading the Newbery race, people start picking at it and
While this was an interesting read and even a bit creepy, it didn't completely grab me like I'd hoped it would. The romance in this book felt so out of place and unnecessary. It didn't do anything for me and I didn't find that it did anything for the plot. I also felt like the pacing of this book seemed a bit off. I am happy that I took the time to read this, but to me it just wasn't anything spectacular.
Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been playing make-believe for as long as they've been friends. With pirates and mermaids, thieves and warriors, their imaginary realm is ruled by the Great Queen, a bone-china doll Poppy's mom keeps locked in a cabinet. When their dreams reveal the bone-china doll is haunted by a girl who longs to be buried with her deceased family, Zach, Poppy, and Alice set off on a real adventure to lay the girl to rest. Doll Bones doesn't shy away from the macabre and there are
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