The Dollhouse Murders

Paperback, 149 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 1983 by Scholastic.

ISBN:
978-0-590-43461-4
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OCLC Number:
795567253

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A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she left them, lead Amy and her sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago

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Loved this book as a kid; happy to find it again as an adult. Overall, I'm pleased at how well it holds up despite being written in the '80s. The story of how Amy Treloar finds a dollhouse with dolls that re-enact the murder of her great-grandparents is still very creepy. The dollhouse ghosts present her with a mystery to solve. In the process, Amy gets closer to her special needs sister, Louann, and helps her Aunt Clare heal from a tragedy that has dominated over her adult life. Oh, and did I mention that this passes the Bechdel Test?

Subjects

  • Dollhouses -- Fiction
  • Dolls -- Fiction
  • People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
  • Sisters -- Fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories