The Winter of the Dollhouse

The Winter of the Dollhouse - Hardcover

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The Winter of the Dollhouse - Hardcover

The Winter of the Dollhouse - Hardcover

by Laura Amy Schlitz
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by Laura Amy Schlitz (Author)

"In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz's novel The Winter of the Dollhouse, the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous. . . . [She] is a masterly storyteller." --The New York Times Book Review

This captivating coming-of-age story is touching, funny, and beautifully layered, with a fairy-tale ending that only Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz could deliver.

On a gloomy November night, eleven-year-old Tiphany Stokes saves an old lady from collapsing in the street. An antique doll named Gretel watches them, longing for Tiph to rescue her from life in a shop window. Though none of these three characters realizes it, their worlds are about to change: Gretel will no longer be a precious prisoner. The old lady--is she a witch?--will discover the secret hidden in her long-neglected dollhouse. And Tiph--whose parents rejoice that she is "never any trouble"--will become a thief, a dog walker, an actor, and best of all, a friend.

Author Biography

Laura Amy Schlitz is the accomplished author of four previous middle-grade novels--A Drowned Maiden's Hair, the Newbery Honor Book Splendors and Glooms, The Hired Girl, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Young Adult Literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Amber and Clay. She was awarded a Newbery Medal for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Laura Amy Schlitz lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Number of Pages: 400
Dimensions: 1.34 x 8.35 x 5.75 IN
Publication Date: September 02, 2025
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Winter of the Dollhouse
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 13
ISBN9781536236088
Author Laura Amy Schlitz
PublisherCandlewick Press (MA)
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages400
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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