The Dollhouse Murders [Paperback]

Betty Ren Wright (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic; First Printiing, January 2009 edition (2009)
• ISBN-10: 0545157188
• ISBN-13: 978-0545157186
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,110,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dollhouse Murders, March 2, 2000

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Delphine Byrd (Lancaster, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dollhouse Murders (Paperback)

Wright, Betty Ren. (1983). The Dollhouse Murders. New York: Holiday House. I like this book because it is a simple mystery children ages 9-12 can read and enjoy. The book is a very interesting realistic fiction book. While visiting Aunt Clare in her Great grandparent's old house, Amy discovered a wonderful dollhouse in the attic. It is the replica of her Great Granparent's house. Everytime Amy visits the attic eerie things happen. Strange noises come from the dollhouse, lights are on in it and the dolls have been moved from where she had left them. Amy is very frightened, but she wonders if the dollhouse is trying to tell her something about the murders of her Great Grandparents 30 years ago. Amy wants to solve the mystery. On a stormy night Amy and her sister make one more visit to the attic. They watch as the Grandmother doll gives them a clue about the murders. They tell Aunt Clare what the doll revealed to them. Together they solved the murder mystery of that fateful night 30 years ago.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best book ever!, April 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dollhouse Murders (Paperback)

Amy feels very alone because she has to always watch her brain damaged sister luann. so amy runs away to live with her aunt clare in amy's great grandparents old house. while she is there aunt clare shows a dollhouse to amy that is an exact replica of the house they are living in now. The only thing amy does not know about the house is her great grandparents were murdered in it, but no one knew who killed them. and amy thinks that the dolls in the dollhouse are trying to tell her what happened the night of the murder. i read this book in 4th grade. and i read it twice in 6th grade. this is by far the best book i have ever read!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mystery nostalgia, October 28, 2001

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Gloria Bringas (Uvalde, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dollhouse Murders (Paperback)

I read this book when I was in elementary school and it was GREAT!! Could not put it down. I'm so happy to find that this book still exists! Great story for young mystery lovers. I would read it again without a second thought. I thought it was written with the correct descriptions and details that needs to be present in a pre-teen novel, and this is why I liked it and remember it with such fondness. I highly recommend it!! The copy that I read was a paperback and I believe there are no illustrations(but I could be mistaken), what I am sure of is that it made me imagine every scene as I was getting deeper and deeper into the plot. Definitely not a boring book!