California Young Reader Medal
2016 · Middle School · Nominee
About This Book
A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles.
Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they've been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her.
But they are in middle school now. Zach's father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she's been having dreams about the Queen—and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave.
Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen's ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches?
Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they've been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her.
But they are in middle school now. Zach's father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she's been having dreams about the Queen—and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave.
Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen's ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches?
Awards
Nene Award
2016 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2016 · Intermediate · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2016 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2016 · Intermediate · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2015 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Nene Award
2015 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2015 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2014 · Ten to Fourteen · Recommended
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
Newbery Medal
2014 · Children's · Honor Book
Junior Library Guild
2013 · Selection
