Dolls of War
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2019
Summary
When America and Japan go to war, will Macy’s feelings for her beloved Japanese Friendship Doll change? Here is a moving addition to the Friendship Dolls series.
In 1941, eleven-year-old Macy James lives near the Oregon coast with her father, the director of a small museum. Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight exquisite friendship dolls given to America by Japan in 1926, is part of the museum’s collection — and one of Macy’s most treasured connections to her mother, who recently passed away…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536208894 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536208892 |
| Author: | Shirley Parenteau |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 140mm x 197mm |
| Series: | The Friendship Dolls |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
This novel moves along with continuous action and a couple of surprise twists. Readers of the Friendship Dolls series will definitely want to read this addition. This would also be a good read aloud for units discussing WWII, Japanese internment, and discrimination in general.
—School Library Connection
Shirley Parenteau
Shirley Parenteau is the author of many books for young people, including the novels Ship of Dolls and Dolls of Hope, and the picture books Bears on Chairs, Bears in Beds, and Bears in the Bath, all illustrated by David Walker. She lives in Elk Grove, California.
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