Doll Bones

Doll Bones by Holly Black was a great book.  I liked that it was a little bit scary, not keep-you-up-at-night scary but just a little spooky.  I would recommend this to a kid who likes reading books similar to the Goosebumps series.  I also liked that it wasn’t just about girls playing with dolls but it had a young boy, Zach, who liked imagining various characters and bringing them to life through dolls.  Zach also had a dad who challenged him because he didn’t like his son playing with dolls and Zach stands up to his dad because of it.  I also liked how this book showed how the kids used their imagination to create huge stories around their dolls characters and how they would continue the story on for days or even weeks.  This book kind of dips into fantasy because its the kids imagination and they create a fantasy story around their dolls characters.  I think the author wanted to convey the power of imagination and how these three kids have such a powerful imagination that it seems real to them.  I would like to share this book with kids for that reason.  Our current education system seems to take away a lot of creativity and imagination in school so I think by sharing novels like this that show how fun and powerful your imagination can be, it can encourage creativity in and out of the classroom.

 

Rebecca Autrey