When World War I breaks out, nine-year-old Anna thinks of a way to save her family's beloved New York City doll repair shop. Includes brief author's note about the history of the Madame Alexander doll, a glossary, and timeline.
Presents a novelization of the life of Mary Mallon, the first known healthy carrier of typhoid in North America, who spent much of her life in quarantine after infecting the families she cooked for in New York City in the early 1900s.
