The timeless classic about the adventures of a hundred-year-old china doll and her new plastic neighbor, from bestselling and award-winning authors Anne M. Martin (The Babysitters Club) and Laura Godwin, with illustrations from Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabaret).

Annabelle Doll is eight years old and has been for over 100 years. She and her family, beautifully crafted china dolls, have been passed down through four generations of the same American family. Not a lot has happened to them, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll people, day after day, year after year…until the Funcrafts move in.

Unlike the cautious, traditionalDoll family in every way, the Funcrafts are new, plastic, and carefree, delivered straight from the factory shelves. Tiffany Funcraftis an adventurerand after 100 years of boredom, that’s just what Anabelle needs. Especiallywhen she vows to solve a decades-long family mystery.

This fresh twist on the beloved genre of doll storieswill spark imagination and a sense of wonder in young readers and willsend them on a searchfor the second book in the series, The Meanest Doll in the World.

Perfect for!
Reluctant readers
Barbie lovers
Baby-sitters Club enthusiasts
Readers who prefer illustrations