dolls

A child, a doll, and an adult go for a walk on the beach one late afternoon of a cold winter day, before heading home to dinner and a bedtime story.

A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night, and dolls that have moved from where she last left them, lead Amy and her mentally handicapped sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.

"The wood mouse and the rabbit find a rag doll in the woods. Nothing about it is familiar: it doesn't smell like the fresh air of spring or feel like the rough bark of a tree. As the group of animals grows and searches for a clue to where the doll came from, they encounter more mysteries--and discover the one thing their hearts know to be true"--Provided by publisher.

"Lucy and her younger sister find a broken doll that has astonishing powers and a sinister agenda"--Provided by publisher.

Livia wears a small porcelain hand around her neck, all that is left of a doll that once belonged to her grandmother, but on the first night at summer camp the hand comes alive and terrifies an envious cabinmate--and there are plenty of chills in five other stories in this collection.

When Trina and her father move into Goldenrod, an abandoned Victorian mansion, Trina's convinced the place is haunted. And when she finds Augustine, a tiny porcelain doll that belonged to a former Goldenrod resident, Trina realizes the house may be trying to send her a message that could change her life.

Jenna purchases an old doll dressed in red velvet at a neighbor's garage sale as a birthday gift for her sister, but as soon as she brings the doll home, strange things begin to happen and she wonders if the doll might be haunted.

On a visit to her cousin River's house, Lily discovers a creepy doll in a crawl space and is convinced something isn't right at the house, and when her family disappears the next morning, the reader must decide what Lily should do to find them.

Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

"Anna has never been like other kids. Things that should never come alive seem to come alive in her presence . . like dolls. And other times, it feels like she is able to bring things to life that would be better left dead. When Anna and her family must return to her grandmother's spooky house, Anna's sister, Josie, is terrified. Josie never talks about what happened to her there so Anna has grown up not knowing about hte eveil that waits for her in the woods. the closer the evil gets, the stronger Anna's frightening power grows. Can she control it or will it control her?"--Provided by back cover.