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The Doll People
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Overview
The Doll People (2002) is a children’s novel by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with illustrations by Brian Selznick. The story follows the adventures of Annabelle Doll—a doll who lives in a dollhouse with her parents, brother, baby sister, uncle, and nanny—as she searches for the missing eighth member of the family: Auntie Sarah. Along the way, Annabelle learns about Following One’s Own Moral Compass and Respecting People’s Differences, as well as The Importance of Friendship and The Benefits of Adventure and Discovery.
The Doll People is the first book in the Doll People series. The series also includes The Meanest Doll in the World (2003), The Runaway Dolls (2008), The Doll People Set Sail (2014), and The Doll People’s Christmas (2016).
This guide refers to the 2023 Little, Brown and Company paperback edition.
Plot Summary
Eight-year-old Annabelle Doll, a living doll, lives with her family in the dollhouse of an eight-year-old human girl, Kate Palmer. The Doll family has lived in the same dollhouse in the same room for 100 years, having been passed down in the same family.
Forty-five years ago, Annabelle’s aunt Sarah disappeared. The Doll family has not left the dollhouse to look for Sarah because they are afraid of violating the Doll Code.
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