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Title: Winter of the Dollhouse
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN: 9781536236088
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher Description: <b>"In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz's novel <i>The Winter of the Dollhouse</i>, the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous. . . . [She] is a masterly storyteller." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b><br>This captivating coming-of-age story is touching, funny, and beautifully layered, with a fairy-tale ending that only Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz could deliver.</b> <p/>On a gloomy November night, eleven-year-old Tiphany Stokes saves an old lady from collapsing in the street. An antique doll named Gretel watches them, longing for Tiph to rescue her from life in a shop window. Though none of these three characters realizes it, their worlds are about to change: Gretel will no longer be a precious prisoner. The old lady--is she a witch?--will discover the secret hidden in her long-neglected dollhouse. And Tiph--whose parents rejoice that she is "never any trouble"--will become a thief, a dog walker, an actor, and best of all, a friend.
Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN: 9781536236088
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher Description: <b>"In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz's novel <i>The Winter of the Dollhouse</i>, the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous. . . . [She] is a masterly storyteller." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b><br>This captivating coming-of-age story is touching, funny, and beautifully layered, with a fairy-tale ending that only Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz could deliver.</b> <p/>On a gloomy November night, eleven-year-old Tiphany Stokes saves an old lady from collapsing in the street. An antique doll named Gretel watches them, longing for Tiph to rescue her from life in a shop window. Though none of these three characters realizes it, their worlds are about to change: Gretel will no longer be a precious prisoner. The old lady--is she a witch?--will discover the secret hidden in her long-neglected dollhouse. And Tiph--whose parents rejoice that she is "never any trouble"--will become a thief, a dog walker, an actor, and best of all, a friend.
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