Breaking up
Frank Willmott
In his diary, fifteen-year-old Mark writes about school, friends, girls, and home in the year in which his family breaks up.
Read Time: ~4.1 hr
Doll bones
by Holly Black (2013)
About this book
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreDoll bones Lead Character
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