Dolls of War

By Shirley Parenteau

Part of the Friendship Dolls series

War tests Macy's loyalty to a cherished Japanese doll. Will she choose friendship or country?

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320 pages

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In 1941, young Macy James treasures Miss Tokyo, a Japanese Friendship Doll, as a link to her late mother. But when Pearl Harbor is attacked, her Oregon community demands the doll's destruction. As her brother joins the Navy and war news worsens, Macy faces a heart-wrenching choice: stay loyal to Miss Tokyo or align with her country. Can she reconcile her love for the doll with her patriotic duty, or will the war tear her world apart? Discover the true story behind the Friendship Dolls in this gripping historical tale.

From the publisher

When America and Japan go to war, will Macy’s feelings for her beloved Japanese Friendship Doll change? Here is a moving addition to the Friendship Dolls series. In 1941, eleven-year-old Macy James lives near the Oregon coast with her father, the director of a small museum. Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight exquisite friendship dolls given to America by Japan in 1926, is part of the museum’s collection – and one of Macy’s most treasured connections to her mother, who recently passed away. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, many of Macy’s neighbors demand that Miss Tokyo be destroyed. When her brother joins the Navy and devastating news from the war begins to pour in, Macy starts having doubts – does remaining loyal to Miss Tokyo mean being disloyal to America? Bringing the story of the Friendship Dolls forward to World War II, Shirley Parenteau delivers another thoughtful historical novel inspired by a little-known true event.

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