Dolls of Hope
Dolls of Hope
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Dolls of Hope

Written by Shirley Parenteau
Book #2 in the Friendship Dolls Series
Hardcover
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9 - 12
Reading age
336
Page count
159
Words per page
700L
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Sep 22, 2015
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How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to Ship of Dolls is told from a Japanese girl’s point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village to a girls’ school in the city of Tsuchiura, she never imagines that she will soon be in Tokyo helping to welcome more than twelve thousand Friendship Dolls from America–including Emily Grace, a gift to her own school. Nor could she dream that she’d have an important role in the crafting of Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight Japanese dolls to be sent to America in return. But when an excited Chiyo is asked to be Emily Grace’s official protector, one jealous classmate will stop at nothing to see her fail. How can Chiyo reveal the truth–and restore her own good name? In another heartwarming historical novel, the author of Ship of Dolls revisits the 1926 Friendship Doll exchange, in which teacher-missionary Sidney Gulick organized American children to send thousands of dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780763677527
    Publication Date
    September 22, 2015
    Publisher
    Candlewick Press (MA)
    Page Count
    336
    Words Per Page
    159
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    9 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2014954534
    Lexile® Level
    700L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.9
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    8
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    176178
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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