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Dolls
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR…
Kite Morgan's in sixth grade when she has her first fight. It's with a girl named Carla Bell, and Kite loses. She comes home and creates a paper doll resembling Carla and, in a fit of fury, runs the doll over with her little brother's Tonka truck.
Outside, sirens wail as emergency vehicles race past Kite's house.
Kite finds the real Carla Bell a half mile up the road, lying beneath the wheels of a real truck, looking exactly like the doll had on her dining room table. Comatose, Carla is taken to hospital.
Kite thinks it's more than a mere coincidence. Soon her theories are validated, launching her on an emotional rocket ship ride as she fully realizes the implications of possessing so much power and the responsibility that goes along with it.
Kite finds out the hard way, though, responsibility isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Kite Morgan's in sixth grade when she has her first fight. It's with a girl named Carla Bell, and Kite loses. She comes home and creates a paper doll resembling Carla and, in a fit of fury, runs the doll over with her little brother's Tonka truck.
Outside, sirens wail as emergency vehicles race past Kite's house.
Kite finds the real Carla Bell a half mile up the road, lying beneath the wheels of a real truck, looking exactly like the doll had on her dining room table. Comatose, Carla is taken to hospital.
Kite thinks it's more than a mere coincidence. Soon her theories are validated, launching her on an emotional rocket ship ride as she fully realizes the implications of possessing so much power and the responsibility that goes along with it.
Kite finds out the hard way, though, responsibility isn't all it's cracked up to be.
200 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2012
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About the author
Michael Hiebert
28 books99 followersMichael Hiebert is the award-winning author of many books and short stories. He is the author of Dream with Little Angels, the first book of his acclaimed Alvin, Alabama Mystery Series. His recent work includes The Rose Garden Arena Incident (A Serial Thriller in Seven Parts) and Sometimes the Angels Weep, his first collection of short stories. He won the Surrey International Writers’ Conference Storyteller Award two years running, and his story My Lame Summer Journal by Brandon Harris, Grade 7 was listed by Joyce Carol Oates as one of the top fifty most distinguished mystery stories published in The Best American Mystery Stories. He lives in British Columbia, Canada, with his three children and dog, Chloe.
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October 23, 2012
Dolls, by Michael Hiebert, is an imaginative take on adolescence. What we get in this well-crafted novel is a modern fable of growing up, responsibility and letting go of past anger. It is a young teen learning the adult lesson that people and things are not always what they appear to be.
Mr. Hiebert, is not a novice to writing, having crafted many other works before Dolls. His writing style is crisp and smooth. His editing near flawless. There is a reason he was recently signed by Kensington. And while I have not read YA since my children were in that mode, I read and thoroughly enjoyed Dolls. He writes the adolescent female voice so well I thought he was a pseudonym, at first. Having spoken to Mr. Hiebert, I can vouch that he is not a teenager masquerading as a grown man.
At 173 pages, this novel is a perfect length for middle school classrooms everywhere. As a former teacher, I would recommend it be considered for summer reading lists, so that students and parents can both read it.
Mr. Hiebert, is not a novice to writing, having crafted many other works before Dolls. His writing style is crisp and smooth. His editing near flawless. There is a reason he was recently signed by Kensington. And while I have not read YA since my children were in that mode, I read and thoroughly enjoyed Dolls. He writes the adolescent female voice so well I thought he was a pseudonym, at first. Having spoken to Mr. Hiebert, I can vouch that he is not a teenager masquerading as a grown man.
At 173 pages, this novel is a perfect length for middle school classrooms everywhere. As a former teacher, I would recommend it be considered for summer reading lists, so that students and parents can both read it.
October 9, 2012
Dolls is an interesting, funny, and well thought out book with an original idea behind it. The characters are interesting and relatable, and the plot is well paced and exiting. I could barely bring myself to put this book down, and always looked forward to picking it back up.
December 13, 2018
Magical
This made for a great, smooth and enjoyable reading experience. A fable for young and old alike. I hope the author does, or already has a sequel as mentioned in the end notes.
This made for a great, smooth and enjoyable reading experience. A fable for young and old alike. I hope the author does, or already has a sequel as mentioned in the end notes.
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