Forced to spend the summer with their hippie grandmother who runs a doll hospital, Lila and Rose learn a story from her about a young Russian girl who made the trip from her home country, alone with her doll, to Ellis Island.
When Fran and her brother and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life.
Contains photographs and descriptions of Tasha Tudor's dollhouse collection, which is a one-quarter-scale version of the author's early-nineteenth-century-style Vermont home, Corgi Cottage.
Just before her mother is to remarry and her stepfamily is set to move in, twelve-year-old Zibby gradually realizes that her antique dollhouse is haunted by ghosts, one of whom is out for revenge.
Toby's dad, grandfather, and aunt do not understand exactly what he means when he says he wants a doll's house for his birthday, but they unwittingly grant his wish anyway.
Thirteen-year-old Miranda moves with her family to an old house in Massachusetts where she discovers a dollhouse that replays scenes from the tragic lives of past inhabitants, and when she realizes the house is exerting an evil power over its female inhabitants--including her mother--she knows she must take drastic steps to end the spell.
A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her mentally handicapped sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago.
