Dolls of Hope

by Shirley Parenteau

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763677523
• ISBN13: 9780763677527
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7