The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. Martin

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rating: 4 of 5 stars
At the beginning of this story, the Doll family and the Funcraft family are looking forward to two weeks of freedom as the Palmer's are going on vacation for two weeks. Tiffany, who was downstairs when it arrived, tells Annabelle about a package that was delivered just before the Palmers left. Annabelle and Tiffany decide to go investigate the package and when they get to it they discover that it contains a doll. Annabelle is certain that the doll is the long lost baby sister that was supposed to come with the Doll family when it was first delivered over one hundred years ago. Tiffany and Annabelle tell their families about their discovery, but their parents insist that they cannot let the doll out of the package because they wouldn't be able to return the package to its original state before the Palmers came home. But Annabelle and Tiffany decide to disobey their parents and let the baby doll out of the package. They then decide to runaway and there begins a series of adventures that you will have to read to believe! Brian Selznick's illustrations help tell the story.


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The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann M. Martin

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rating: 4 of 5 stars
In this sequel to The Doll People, Annabelle and Tiffany find themselves in Kate's bookbag and go to school with her. They decide to explore school and then plan to climb back into Kate's bookbag and return to the Palmer's. After several adventures in a kindergarten room, they are almost late, but manage to climb up the coats and drop into the bookbag. Later they discover that they are the wrong bookbag and now in the wrong house and this house is the home of the meanest doll in the world. Read this to find all about Annabelle's and Tiffany's adventures and whether or not they are able to find their way back home to the Palmer's house and Kate's room.


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The Doll People by Ann M. Martin

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rating: 4 of 5 stars
Annabelle lives in the doll house with Mama Doll, Papa Doll, Bobby Doll, Uncle Doll, Nanny, and Baby Betsy. Unknown to their owners the Palmer family, the Doll family comes to life and moves about their doll house at night and whenever the Palmers are not at home. Their biggest problem is that the Palmers' cat, Captain, is frequently watching and often peers in the windows of the dollhouse. Annabelle's Auntie Sarah has been missing for 45 years and one night, Annabelle finds a journal that Auntie Sarah had been writing in when she disappeared. Annabelle is determined to solve the mystery of Auntie Sarah's disappearance and to find her and bring her home to the doll house. Read this story to find if she is successful in her quest.


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