Black, H. (2013). Doll bones. New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Poppy, Zach, and Alice have created their own world filled with adventure, danger, and fantasy; this world runs with champions focused on their queen, a delicate porcelain doll named Queen, that is held in a cabinet. Poppy begins to have dreams of Queen telling her that she is died in a tragic accident and her father created this doll from her cremated ashes in the mold of her favorite doll; Queen, formerly Eleanor Kerchner, is not at rest because she wants to be buried in her rightful spot. She says she will continue to haunt Poppy and her friends if they do not go on this quest to take her to the cemetery where she should be buried. Poppy, Zack, and Alice must find their way to this cemetery, but in the process end up missing school, being harassed on the bus, lose their food and possessions due to the angry ghost and a boating accident, and get caught sleeping in a library. After all this, they still manage to find Eleanor's grave and bury her with her family.
This novel was a little slow in some portions, but in the end you cannot help but get goosebumps and chills. I think that students will enjoy the spookiness of the plot and will find themselves drawn in to the adventure within the novel. A good follow up for this novel would be The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier which is also a ghost story that intertwines morals through storytelling.
I rate this book a 4 out of 5 stars!
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