Omg! Creepy story but awesome at the same time!!!
Doll Bones
By Holly Black
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | V | 5.4 | 47642 |
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 People Magazine “Best New Kids Book.” Six starred reviews!
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 five Best Book lists, and was called “perfect” by The New York Times.
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 five Best Book lists, and was called “perfect” by The New York Times.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN-13: 9781416963998
ISBN-10: 1416963995
Published on 4/14/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
Book Reviews (35)
i love this book with all my heart very creppy but cool
Great book, I recomend it to poeple who like creepy books.
I did not like the book because it was very creepy about how they lost the doll and it trashed there camp. Plus it told poppy that she need to bury her in her grave place and not someone elses because she was made into a china doll which was made out of a dead gilrs bones so this book is very creepy.
I loved this book. It was boring in the first part but I liked it. I got confused when there were so many names on the first page. I would recommend this book to many people. SPOILER: I wish poppy was with zack, but instead he ends up with alice.
I'm still reading on page 102 its really good though. I suggest this book to any doll or thriller people.
it is awesome
i loved this book it is freaky but has a great story that goes with it. so it is about a doll when to kids think i is a ghost
If you love mystery, adventure, cliff-hanger chapters, spirits, and creepy in your recipe, this is the book for you! It left me hanging on the edge after each chapter. No one knows weird and creepy like Holly Black.
its creepy and awesome