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Marjorie Stover (1914–2013)

Autor de Midnight in the Dollhouse

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Stover, Marjorie Filley
Fecha de nacimiento
1914-06-23
Fecha de fallecimiento
2013-04-24
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Lugares de residencia
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Educación
University of Nebraska (1935)
Ocupaciones
children's book author
teacher
Biografía breve
Marjorie Filley Stover was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. After graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1935, she taught school for two years. In 1937, she married John Ford Stover, a history professor with whom she had three children. The couple lived in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Texas, and Indiana for his career before finally retiring to Lincoln. In 1972, she published her first book for children, Trail Boss In Pigtails. It was followed by Chad and the Elephant Engine (1975), Patrick and the Great Molasses Explosion (1985), When the Dolls Woke (1985), and Midnight in the Dollhouse (1990).

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Let me tell you a story, it's called, "Lame Melissa Gets a Dollhouse".

Actually never-mind, that's the prequel to this story, 'Midnight in the Dollhouse', which isn't in the Booklikes database. Many characters in 'When the Dollhouse Woke' fondly recall how Captain Vance built lame Melissa the dollhouse. I just wonder - Is that what people called her to her face? 19th century life was tough!

In this book Gail has just moved to a new part of town and is cut off from her best friend FOREVER because of it. That's right, still in the same town, in Indiana, but no longer friends. So Gail is lonesome, until a great-great aunt sends her Lame Melissa's dollhouse because Aunt Abby has lost all of her WASP fortune and must sell her Boston-area mansion, and everything in it, so she can go to a posh retirement home with her Nantucket friends. Everything, that is, but the dollhouse, because she promised her mad father (the Captain) she would never sell it, because there be treasure.

The rest of the book alternates between dollhouse-porn and conversations with the whiny dolls. It's revealed that one doll, Martinique, has been missing for some time, but the dolls are happy about that because she told scary voodou stories to the doll children and her presence made the rest of them feel uncomfortable.

Nice.

But she comes BACK, will she ruin everything? Will the secret treasure be found? Will the privileged old lady still have to sell her mansion?

And yes, I did see the pink cover with the vapid blonde girl and read the title 'When the Dolls Woke', but, it was on a free-pile and sometimes these weird scholastic books pay off. I even gave this two stars to start with because the story does wrap up nicely with Gail making friends with old people left and right and conning the girls in class to trade their treasures to her for a chance to check out her sweet, sweet dollhouse, but when I actually started writing the review I realized that not everybody is going to think that earnest stories about a Lame Melissa, or the whole Martinque situation, are hilariously misguided. Most people would just be horrified. For the right little girl (or boy, though this book tries really, really hard to push them away) this might be fun if they can't find the better creepy dolls come alive books.
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ManWithAnAgenda | 2 reseñas más. | Feb 18, 2019 |
A childhood favourite that I was delighted to track down through Abebooks. So glad that site exists! I highly recommend this story for any kidlit fans who also love dolls.
 
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chris_a_hart | 2 reseñas más. | Sep 1, 2017 |
 
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behr31 | Nov 12, 2009 |
"Four months in bed! The doctor had said Melissa must stay in bed for four months until her broken hip heals. Time moves unbearably slowly until Mother brings home a tiny doll family. From the very first day, Melissa and the dolls understand each other. Then young cousin Valerie visits from her family's plantation, nearly ruined during the recent Civil War. She tells about a chest of gold that has disappeared from its hiding place - without it her family home will be lost. It is up to the dolls to find a clue to the hidden gold - and somehow make Melissa hear their message." - cover.

I found it intriguing that the dolls both have personalities of their own and reflect the personalities of their owners as Melissa's dolls and Valerie's doll play out the conflicts between the girls.
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muumi | Aug 24, 2007 |

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Obras
6
Miembros
517
Popularidad
#48,026
Valoración
3.8
Reseñas
5
ISBNs
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