The Dollhouse

By Charis Cotter

A dollhouse mirrors reality, revealing secrets and a mysterious girl. Can Alice uncover the truth?

3.8/5 Goodreads · 701 ratings

368 pages· 73,206 words· Est. 8 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Alice's summer takes a chilling turn when she discovers a dollhouse mirroring her new home. As the dolls seem to come to life, Alice must unravel the mystery of the eerie house and its enigmatic owner. Who are the girls in the dollhouse, and what secrets do they hold? With her world already in turmoil, Alice faces a haunting challenge that could change everything.

From the publisher

A creepy, mysterious dollhouse takes center stage in this atmospheric middle-grade mystery for fans of Doll Bones and Small Spaces. Alice’s world is falling apart. Her parents are getting a divorce, and they’ve cancelled their yearly cottage trip – the one thing that gets Alice through the school year. Instead, Alice and her mom are heading to some small town where Alice’s mom will be a live-in nurse to a rich elderly lady. The house is huge, imposing and spooky, and everything inside is meticulously kept and perfect – not a fun place to spend the summer. Things start to get weird when Alice finds a dollhouse in the attic that’s an exact replica of the house she’s living in. Then she wakes up to find a girl asleep next to her in her bed – a girl who looks a lot like one of the dolls from the dollhouse . . . When the dollhouse starts to change when Alice isn’t looking, she knows she has to solve the mystery. Who are the girls in the dollhouse? What happened to them? And what is their connection to the mean and mysterious woman who owns the house?

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