The Doll in the Garden - Softcover

Hahn, Mary Downing

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ISBN 10: 0380708655 ISBN 13: 9780380708659

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1990

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She had been warned never to go there...But as ten year-old Ashely followed the beautiful white cat through a small opening in the hedge, she stepped into an enchanted place...A place where she might find the answers...Who is the little girl with golden curls and the huge sad eyes?Whose voice cries out in the dark of night? Why does the white cat cast no shadow in the moonlight? Who is the owner of the beautiful doll found buried in the garden? And if Ashely discovers the truth, Can she ever go back...?

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From the Author:

When I wrote this book, I was a librarian in the children's room at the Laurel Public Library in Laurel, MD. A man brought in an exhibit of things he'd found while he was restoring an old house. The one that really caught my eye was the head of a ceramic doll. She had no hair, no eyes, and, of course, no body, but her face was beautiful. Her label said, "Antique Doll's head, manufactured in Germany around 1898, dug up in the rose garden." I wondered who buried the doll in the garden and why. My book is the answer to my question.

About the Author:

Mary Downing Hahn is the best-selling author of more than twenty award-winning books for young readers, including Stepping on the Cracks, which won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Anna on the Farm is the follow-up to Anna All Year Round, both based on the author’s mother’s memoirs about growing up in Maryland pre-World War I.

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