Doll Bones
By: Holly Black
Genre: Juvenile fiction/horror
Pages: 247
Published: 2013
Audiobook: 5 discs (5 hours and 12 mins)
Read: September
3 out of 5
I have been listening to and reading a
lot of children’s scary stories lately and really enjoyed this one. The reader is
taken on an adventure with the three 12 year old children and The Queen, a doll
stuffed with the cremated ashes of a little girl. This story reminds me of a scary version of The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler by E.L. Koningsburg. The children leave on an adventure without
telling their parents and little money, sneak into a closed library, and the
parents don’t seem to even notice or care (until the end). This story isn’t
that scary, but focuses on the adventure the children take to seek the
graveyard in order for the little girl whose ashes are in the doll, so the girl
can finally be at rest. I recommend this book for children 10-14, who can
handle a slightly freaky mystery.
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