| 单词 | doll |
| 例句 | Then, as I fought against it, the scene came back—not of the death, but of the dolls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His cousins had left more toys scattered on the stairs: a wooden mouse, a toy theatre, some paper dolls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She twirled the doll and its frilly dress like it was a debutante. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Like at school when Leen Ellison answered questions in science class, or like when Grandma yelled at them for breaking one of her porcelain dolls. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Nobody was ever again going to talk me into leaving without my precious dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Mister Bobo. Right. Well,” she said, a little louder, “I’m going to go and play with my dolls now, over by the old tennis court, round the back.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z There were dolls lying over the flight line, but he let it go. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The sight of bodies strewn about like broken dolls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jasmin plays with her six dolls, giving them baths in an outdoor concrete trough the family uses to hold water. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I have this really vivid memory of you basically making a Prince Henry voodoo doll on your desk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a three-legged race with a life-size rag doll. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ernie, on the other hand, didn’t seem to be looking for anything, but when he came across this lady who was making these weird dolls—at least they looked like dolls—he stopped. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Lourdes would welcome her father in her party dress and search his suitcase for rag dolls and oranges. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They began whispering to each other that they weren’t poor and had better dolls home and better clothes than that girl, too, only they didn’t feel like wearing them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Sam looked like a paper doll that had been attacked with a giant hole-punch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the entire membership of the Mysterious Benedict Society, crammed inside an empty crate like a bunch of discarded dolls, peered out through the spaces between the crate’s wooden slats. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Tension poured out of Bast, and for a moment he hung limply as a rag doll from the wrist Kvothe still held, standing behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We’re going to use this doll, okay? You just point to the doll to help you answer the questions, all right?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I, however, would never spend it on something as stupid as a doll. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the evenings, when the boys came home, they would pick up Alyah and carry her around like a rag doll. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Holly’s doll was in overalls, and we had changed their outfits twice already. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I was a little girl I had two baby dolls and carried them everywhere. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Kingshaw had opened the cabinet and examined the dolls, picking each one up in turn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Norton actually did play with dolls when he was a kid. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Inside its jar, shrunken into a fetal position, wrapped in tatters, and accompanied by its wretched necklaces of teeth and a handful of rag dolls, the mummy looked like the pit of some exotic fruit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept imagining five of him, only different in size, like a good-looking set of nesting dolls. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A young girl holding a sad brown sock doll preceded a young man, maybe eighteen years old, and a man and a woman, each carrying a child. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The man watches me set the doll aside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Raggedy Ann dolls and dollhouses, little aluminum dishes to play kitchen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the back seat we were all thrown around, flung from door to door like rag dolls, with Mama bouncing in front of us and Papa’s hat crunching up against the ceiling. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks like a broken baby doll, half-dressed and tossed where he lies. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Amber's still a rag doll in his arms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I dropped, like a limp doll, onto the girl’s mat, shivering in my wet clothes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt ask, nodding her head like she a doll on a dashboard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But before I went to sleep that night, I made sure my worry dolls were under my pillow. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z From my purse I would take out a voodoo doll which Lena had already lent me from her props department. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The log-in process completed and I took control of a Happy Helpdesk avatar, a cookie-cutter Ken doll that I used to take tech-support calls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The children played with toy soldiers and blocks, with hobbyhorses and with dolls. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z After a long silence, the doll said, “I hope you don’t think that anyone is going to buy you.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Everything was pink with a four-poster canopied bed complete with stuffed animals and dolls. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Turns out other people—even dolls, I guess—have issues, too. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But the dismembering of dolls was not the true horror. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I will get this for Mother,” said Jane, pushing a small doll’s perambulator which, she felt sure, her Mother had always wanted. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z For they had the power to use a paper doll, first to destroy his integrity and then as an excuse for killing him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie didn’t think the dolls were really that cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One year Sparrow had made a doll with real rubies for eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was too old for dolls, but I would never tell Rashid Uncle that. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She put her box of dolls down on the floor. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z An odd room, full of dolls and waterlogged stuffed bears. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama hated anything that smacked of charity and if she knew, she’d throw the doll away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Eva continued playing with her nesting dolls, opening a larger doll to take out a smaller one and holding it in front of the peephole for Jinx to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They were not allowed to sew on doll clothes, not even with pins. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z While her sisters fussed over which of the dolls to choose, Sandi grabbed the one dressed exactly like the dancers in the floor show. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My room was a place for my stuffed animals to live and a home for my huge brown Raggedy Ann doll, the one Grandma India made for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked for Barbie dolls, children’s beauty and nail supplies, stuffed animals, a new bike, and Rollerblades. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She touches the braids, the red lips, and moves the doll’s arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then she put her dolls and the cups back in the cardboard box she had carried them out in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z After she showed me what being a good wife had taught her—her words, not mine—I fell asleep under the watchful eyes of a dozen or so porcelain dolls. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z And another time a kewpie doll with feather skirts was on the mantelpiece when he came home, and Daisy was gentle and hard and would not put it away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I saw a short pot-bellied man look down, then up at me with amazement and explode with laughter, pointing from me to the doll, rocking. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched numbly as they moved him inside, placing the box of dolls in with him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms were pinned to his sides and his legs dangled as limply as a rag doll’s. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And off would come the wrappers from three suggested dancing dolls or three suggested pairs of roller skates or this very night, three wonderful surprises! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I thought of the creepy doll that now lived in our bathroom. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I tried to dodge, but the javelin caught me in the chest and sent me flying like a rag doll. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I’m going to win a doll by spinning a wheel and it will stop at the right number,” said Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She loved her red mittens and she loved the candy, but she loved her doll best of all. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated her for her China doll hair cut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no compunctions about the lie and getting the doll under false pretenses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped, his dark analytical eyes flickering from the gun in my hand to the doll that lay in the dust, then back again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They are remembering while they whisper the carnival dolls they won and the Baltimore boats they never sailed on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He ignored the thistles as the bear sank its teeth into his thigh, lifting him like a rag doll. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark in the doll shop was now complete. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He knocked off a line of dolls, and they crashed to the floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Finally, my dolls and dresses would be freed from the shed and we would go to a safer home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He muttered, “Looking for daggone doll footprints in the moonlight. No sense in that.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She acted like a monkey-sock doll that has been run through the machine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It broke under his weight and he lay sprawled in the wreckage, limp as a rag doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Though be careful. Zu’s so starved for girl time that she might turn you into her own personal dress-up doll.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She looked like a little doll with dark black eyes that dominated a round, brown face. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A guy carried out a kid-sized bike and a pink plastic dolls’ house. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I lifted my pillow and counted the worry dolls. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The matches are wooden ones, in a cardboard sliding-top box, the kind I used to covet in order to make dolls’ drawers out of them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d heard, from friends with younger children, that the expensive doll line now had one Asian doll for sale—and a few black ones, too—but he’d never seen it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought of my mother’s tea parties, tiny sandwiches for a doll’s mouth, and it washed me in sadness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like having my own live baby doll. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I figured the dolls could worry about my dad, because I was done with that. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z After the day’s work was done, Ma sometimes cut paper dolls for them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth’s doll rested inside it under a rag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Mary stepped forward and held the doll high in the air. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought that I had dreamed him or that he was merely a doll I was not supposed to touch. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When he was sleeping, he was like a rag doll. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt like Janina, whispering to Papa at night like she whispered to her dead doll. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Holly put her doll on the pillow and leaned against the wall behind the bed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She slept in her own bed, in a room decorated with dolls that had never been played with, with a closet full of pretty dresses and shiny patent-leather shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Every little black girl had a beautiful white baby doll with long blonde curls to love and to hug. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried the new baby around with her like a new doll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The ten-inch-tall doll glared at me, climbed atop my foot, and struck a pose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As I cleaned up our mess, since Ma hated when we ate in my room, Monday grabbed two of my Barbie dolls off the shelf. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And to one side, there is a doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When she heard that, for days she lay in bed crying and knitting dresses for her Baby Jesus doll. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He enlists the aid of the sacred ota stone, as well as the shrunken head of a doll, a ball of powdered eggshell, and the eggun, a vertebra from the spine of a goat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The first night I got here, tía Fermina gave me a small cloth bag full of paper worry dolls. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He put her to bed at night, and tucked her in all soft and warm, as little girls do their dolls. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Slithering the skinny dress over the doll’s head and arms and snapping the tiny fasteners was more than her chubby six-year-old fingers could manage. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Or with my uncle and my doll, worried about me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I played with my shoebox dolls and thought: The Taliban want to turn the girls of Pakistan into identical, lifeless dolls. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was written in pencil on the desk blotter: “The little girl on the plane/ Who turned her doll’s head around/ To look at me.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z There could be keyholes in unlikely places, like under the clothes of a doll or behind a bedpost. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I received a Kewpie doll, Father got bookends, and so on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Fern cried and cried, but I learned to put the bottle in her mouth and her baby doll next to her, even though she was too little to know she had a doll. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I brought the lucky key,” she told the dolls, “to make sure we have a good picnic.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Too bad there are no Marys. Little Mary will have to take the doll home again.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The way August was looking at me reminded me of a doll’s face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But she was content chatting to her doll as her clothes dried by the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t look like no baby doll to me.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Her classroom had big sunny windows, a collection of baby dolls to play with, and a giant cardboard playhouse in the back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My sister was pretty much a rag doll when she was asleep. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My favorite denim dress—with pockets big enough to hold my doll, a peach, and anything I found out in the marsh while I was running around—was ruined. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The dolls seemed like they were made for adults, not kids. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I opened the box’s lid, shedding light on a scatter of trinkets—a tarnished silver chain, braided bits of human hair, a flour-sack doll rubbed raw by a child’s hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Mami, will you give this pañuelo to me? I don’t have my doll or my frilly dress anymore. I want to have something to remember Cuba.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Cora and her sisters brag about what they are getting, dolls and skates and swing sets. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Like I’m some sort of doll where the parts snap on and off. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z No accordion dolls coaxing me into the trees. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We could go months without even looking at the dolls, then other times we played with them for hours. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “She loved her dolls. She would hold little tea parties for them in the garden, and I would make these teeny-tiny sandwiches for their plates.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the dolls were books, a dozen or so, that her mother must have grabbed at random; she wouldn't have known which were Eleanor's favorites. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It was a big stuffed doll, a manikin with a vacant stupid human face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Vendors sell dolls in her likeness, fitted with a tiny version of the queen's crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I am old. The doll mender confirmed this. He said as he was mending me that I am at least that. At least one hundred. At least one hundred years old.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z There was the cool delicate smell of painted china, the wonderful unforgettable smell of a doll’s hair, the heavenly feel of new-gauze doll’s clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She dressed the cat up in doll clothes, pulled her along the floor in a box, and even decorated her tail with ribbons. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Firemen turned high-pressure water hoses on the children, rolling them down the street like dolls, and throwing others against sidewalks, buildings, and parked cars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I was bent over, staring, when the knock came at the door and I jumped as at a shot, sweeping the doll into my pocket, and hastily wiping my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z More strongly than my fondness for Pecola, I felt a need for someone to want the black baby to live—just to counteract the universal love of white baby dolls, Shirley Temples, and Maureen Peals. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing I wanted more than to touch that doll. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “When—” she begins, but plasters on a fake smile when Ava waddles over with her baby doll and a comb. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Later that day, I’m dusting the Baby Jesus doll, when I feel liquid trickling out of me, wetting my underwear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What Rishi was pretty sure was a life-size doll sat in a tree like she was watching the proceedings, her lips, hair, and dress glowing from the black lights strung in the tree branches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Coraline filled a cardboard box with dolls and with several plastic doll’s teacups. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I thought he would have come apart like a rag doll with a pulled thread, but he doesn’t look that different, except for some bandages and scrapes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She told Mama the doll had been given to her as a prize. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked closely at one doll that sagged and bent over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby looked like a pretty little doll on the bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But gram for gram, nothing in the universe comes close to the green speckled recluse; among other spiders, compared with the green speckled recluse, the black widow was a rag doll. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Pen in hand, she stared across the room toward her hard-faced dolls, the estranged companions of a childhood she considered closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He summoned the winds and flung three ghouls off the side of the hill like rag dolls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she was done she stood the three dolls around the light of the flickering candle, and I saw three women. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Signora Divino says, “No, no, no shooting. Is for you . Again she wiwles her arm over the meatballs and soccer balls and dolls and hats. “Is freely! The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I think of the littlest girl finding Dee, my old doll, in the closet. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The box contained nothing but junk—a headless doll, some dirty lace, a rabbit skin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There were some new clothes and we both got Barbie dolls that Mrs. Moss allowed us to keep in the house, but we had to let the little girls play with them too. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I kept my dolls’ outfits in a child-sized vinyl suitcase covered in a floral print. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Madam,” said Lucius Clarke, “could you please attend to your daughter. She is holding a very fragile, very precious, quite expensive doll.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi nods and I smile, but I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I used to paint the arms and legs of the princess doll each time the real princess altered her skin color, keeping up-to-date with the scandal sheets Maman used to smuggle past Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She didn’t like dolls, fairy tales were childish, and one couldn’t draw all the time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw it, the half-carved doll on his stool, waiting to be finished. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “A better chance at what? Getting tossed around like a rag doll?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I pictured a baby the size of a small doll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There were flaxen-haired dolls and others which Francie liked better who had hair the color of good coffee with lots of cream in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of a doll I had once, with white fur on the border of her skirt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside lies my mouse-bitten doll, her arms wrapped around the limp fuzzy body of his chick. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They hang limp, reminding me again of my Cuban rag doll that Mami threw away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I set her arms so she could cradle the baby—as if the mother were a doll. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But he knew that only in the Brotherhood could we make ourselves known, could we avoid being empty Sambo dolls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll’s head was shattered, and the sand that had filled her body spilled onto the floor from a rip across her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She was holding to her chest a doll with yellow hair that looked as if it had been chopped, as a punitive measure, with a pair of dull scissors. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she saw that the child, silently clutching her sodden doll, was staring at her with a gaze of pure worship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The guys have their arms wrapped about each other, holding tight like paper dolls. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I heard Papa return and I waited to hear Amil’s voice or his footsteps, but I didn’t hear anything and began to cry, holding my doll, Dee, tight. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One of the girls clutched a doll wearing a stained and torn hot pink burka. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “She can move, but you looked like a rag doll.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The twins thanked Henry after they opened their gifts, a doll and a fire truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother is handing me a baby doll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My soft cloth dolls back home in Africa had no faces; we used our imagination to dream up their facial features and personalities. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I wondered why kids would want to play with dolls that were so developed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Xan flung him aside as easily as if he was a rag doll. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we make a model with a doll or something?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I looked at the doll, thinking, The political equivalent of such entertainment is death. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled teeth like maniacs, barking at us in whatever their native tongues were while they yanked our heads back and forth like rag dolls’. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern hugged Miss Patty Cake but refrained from putting a piece of toast to her doll’s lips like she would have done at home. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to Edward, the old doll let out a sigh. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The dolls were made of clay and shellacked with candle wax. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can show them I’m not some china doll, handle with care. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I felt the doll crawl into my soaking-wet hood, and not a moment too soon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She was so powerful that her blowing her breath into the doll was enough to make her move, and smile, and make me feel connected to my grandmother even though she was gone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Every woman she knew was a doll baby. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In early September, Adele wrote me a long letter saying that she had washed my dolls’ clothes and that my “babies” were doing fine. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He lifts me to my feet like I’m a rag doll. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z One lifts me like a rag doll and carries me up to the roof, onto a hovercraft, and fastens me into a seat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He saw the girl smile as she realized her doll was only partly burned. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The nurse touched Miss Norris's elbow, and Miss Norris jerked into motion like a doll on wheels. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “For a doll when—” his voice cracked, and the twins’ cries rose behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss peered into the sack that contained my sleeping bag and dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Then I hesitate again, take out the doll, and put back the aspirin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Naomi sat on the blankets with the tip of her braid in her mouth and her doll tucked under her arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And those dolls, where had they found them? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she took the warm melted wax from the candle and covered the clay dolls with it so they took on the color of flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "You stop it this instant. I will send Chat away immediately to be stuffed like a doll," Lady Jocquard scolds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But in the story, the doll remained silent and wore leaves for clothes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her worn-out eyes flip awake like a doll's, black, glassy, shocked. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And he plucked the doll from the shelf. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She was a tranquil soul who entertained herself, studied hard, played with her dolls, and showed not the slightest inclination for her mother’s spiritualism or her father’s fits of rage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, doll, it’s not. I made it myself.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucius Clarke’s shop was filled with dolls—lady dolls and baby dolls, dolls with eyes that opened and closed and dolls with painted-on eyes, dolls dressed as queens and dolls wearing sailor suits. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I lay back on my bed and wondered how many worries my little dolls could handle now that I had to add “lying to Dad.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The doll was nothing like Dinah; this one looked like someone tried to carve a real person out of wood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He spends hours with it, putting doll clothes on it and feeding it on doll dishes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z We talked about superficial judgments, how people look at you and think they know who you are, what you are, how they put you in a box: jock, china doll, whatever. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told us we would be back in a few days and convinced me to leave behind my dolls and dresses. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And these tiny girls, they start to laugh and whip the doll harder to urge the whole jest longer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Somehow he had been pushed there by the scuffling, reeling men and he lay sprawled in the chair like an aged doll. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl who is now dead sits in the back seat, with her two best dolls, her stuffed rabbit, mangy with age and love. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no blood, no cloud of doll hair burning up in the candle fire. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I felt shrunken, so that when he put his arms around me, gathering me up, I was small as a doll. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a clown doll and sewed giant baggy pants around it that ruffled out with dozens of little pockets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It makes the men like dolls on which the faces have not yet been painted; like scarecrows, which in a way is what they are, since they are meant to scare. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Why is it when a little girl plays Cowboys and Indians everyone says she’s a darling little tomboy, but when a boy plays with a doll they say he’s queer? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z One day Robin was sitting in the trundle cart finishing the child’s doll when Brother Luke came into the garden. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Opposite the metal wall was a row of ruined houses, still standing as they had before the anchor but with whole sides carved away, like dolls’ houses, open on one side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She had a sudden image of herself as a sorceress, waving her hand over the field and transforming the boys below into pea-sized plastic dolls. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Every time Gran’s gaze drifted in that direction—a yard covered in half-clothed dolls, every sports ball imaginable, and patches of trampled grass—she mumbled a prayer to save their souls, or maybe her mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When he reached Angel, Gerald whispered, “Grab the doll and run upstairs! I’m right behind you!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two warring nations gripped Poland like girls fighting over a doll. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My son adores playing with a doll I bought for him last Xmas. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z If he finds a doll he recognizes among the toys, he leaves it propped up and comfortable against the pile. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He described the time he had watched a young girl poking through the wreckage of her home, lifting the charred remains of her doll. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wonder if they see a doll or a woman. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I think it’s hard to grow up,” Rashida said, holding her rag doll close. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Dunbar was lying motionless on his back again with his eyes staring up at the ceiling like a doll’s. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfecdy balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z I had to say I wanted something and I did in a way want this doll. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She walked past Baby’s Raggedy Ann lying on the floor, and stopped to look down at the stuffed doll for a while before she went in to the toilet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The box contained a new doll with matching clothes and a Chutes and Ladders board game. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She filled my closet with handmade dresses with puffed sleeves and made dolls’ outfits from the scraps. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My gift from Mother was a tea set—a teapot, four cups and saucers and tiny spoons—and a doll with blue eyes and rosy cheeks and yellow hair painted on her head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In my head, Worsa had green skin and wore a cool red hood, but for my game here I had picked out an old Black Barbie doll—the best I could do. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Angie’s room was pink and ruffled, carpeted, and decorated with stuffed animals, dolls, and pictures of American movie stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She reminded Park of a scarecrow or one of the trouble dolls his mom kept on her dresser. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I let out a gasp, seeing him like that, towering over me, holding Clove like a rag doll. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One time she finds a huddled guy, completely filthy, gripping a filthy doll. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z "Give each of these girls a doll and put it on the bill. Sugar"—she turned to her husband, who had finished clapping the small folder closed—"hold your horses." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mami was gone, and her doll was gone, but she still had the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z What self-respecting cynic would carry around a doll in a shoe box? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Little had provided him with a doll’s size toothbrush, a doll’s size cake of soap, a doll’s size washcloth, and a doll’s comb—which he used for combing his whiskers. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z When Malcolm X next came to my room in the Hotel Wellington, I said, “I’ve gotten something for you to take to Attallah and Qubilah for Christmas gifts,” and I “walked” out the dolls. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Mary is a very rich little girl and received many beautiful dolls for Christmas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is going to be a real little doll of a weekend,” he said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The worry dolls were scattered everywhere, so I collected them and lined them up again neatly under my pillow. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It made her feel like a stupid little doll thing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He was just staring at me blankly with his half-closed doll eyes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think you played with your dolls anymore,” said Mrs. Jones. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Five doll people lived in the house—a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, and a baby. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She set a footstool with doll cups and saucers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl at the meat counter is gone, and I can’t quite see the polite face of the little doll on the plane. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “They had these dolls made to look like their daughter, and every guest got one, like a party favor.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She stopped braiding her doll’s hair and looked at me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It is a sweet little doll but it has no face. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She looked like a doll in a show window: black eyes, white face, red lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They tried to pull my arms from my body, ripping the arms off a cloth doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The orderly troupe of farm animals lined along the windowsill and the straitlaced dolls poised in the various rooms of their open-sided mansion waited for the gem of her first sentence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We bonded over the various ways we could contort my Barbie and Ken dolls without breaking them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Ava skips over with her baby doll and a comb, and I naturally expect her to shove them into my hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I shrugged without warning her, and the little doll toppled backward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "Now, if you'll let me have that name again correct----" Picking up Wilson like a doll Tom carried him into the office, set him down in a chair and came back. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Florah was singing lullabies to Merriam; Maria was playing placidly with her frayed rag doll; and George huddled near the brazier, sleeping. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why can’t they,” she thought bitterly, “just give the doll away without saying I am poor and she is rich? Why couldn’t they just give it away without all the talking about it?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooped up the soft, worn doll and pressed its fabric against my nose. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He made a bonfire in the courtyard of the dolls of Remedios which had decorated their bedroom since their wedding. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He went over and started grabbing a handful of grass and started making a doll. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Boxes arrive in Tegucigalpa bearing clothes, shoes, toy cars, a RoboCop doll, a television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In the stories, Anansi covered the doll in the sap of gum trees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z You pulled it close to your ear as if you could hear it reply, the way I’d seen you talk to your wooden doll. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I know you’re not being mean, I said, but I kept my eyes on the doll. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Having the doll was better than any story about having a doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I broke my mind into two pieces, one binding Hemme and the doll together, the other connecting the candle and the brazier. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When Maisie got home, she laid all the dolls out on the bottom bunk, trying to put together one or two complete outfits for them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “I’m not Meg tonight, I’m ‘a doll’ who does all sorts of crazy things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She had lived through Nana for two years, had imagined her life with other dolls, a life of giggles and talking and holding hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes like the Barbie doll you need to give people something that’s for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The first thing she recognized were the paper dolls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “The teeniest little nails. Like a doll, you wouldn’t believe it. The way she just melts into you when you hold her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Go put the head on the doll,” she said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Angel nodded again, and hugged the doll the prosecutor gave her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Raggedy Ann dolls usually, but they were out of the question. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z With plastic scissors, Ray is cutting paper dolls. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The container of Neon Iguana hair dye sat on a ring of green on top of the toilet tank, a little too close to the toilet paper doll Señora Oralia had given us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z But James was trembling in the clubroom corner, ripping open his heroin bag, and the crowd was screaming for him to kill Rivera, and Griffin was flopping over like a rag doll. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With a pang Kit realized that not once since they boarded the ship had she glimpsed the wooden doll. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Cradled up in her arm she was holding on to her doll. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The weight of the doll in her hands brought memory rising up in Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "My little doll," the Fashion Minister cries out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z "Little girl. . . cut dolls' hair, paint on makeup." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Even the ones that go to church, they still worship the false-eye dolls and get married to each other time and again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what they thought was my fondest wish. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh no, you don’t! Not with the face that doll’s got.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I rose and lay the doll on the cushion of the chair, ignoring its cry of "Mama." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z At first, she thought that she might bead some tiny makazins for her dolls. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But even so, I thought, sitting there, I wouldn’t have minded a bunch of Barbie dolls and stupid girl stuff like that if she could have lived. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I was horrified to see that one of them was eating a child—but it turned out to be a doll. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z What interesting bits of wood that she could use for pretend dolls? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She still boasted about the clothes and shoes, dolls, games, and jewelry that her parents bought for her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s my little brother. Not me. My little brother, Ray, cut out those paper dolls. People. Family.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I almost scream because the doll with long black hair is so beautiful. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He took out tops for the boys and a small doll for Nell, toys he had made for them by himself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the bed and brush Helena’s hair while she plays with her doll, trying to listen while they find a station. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z His head was broken open in a diner and was put together again by a doll mender. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The doll marched across the floor, the serious expression on her face ruined by the plopping sound each of her footsteps made. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Yes, the dolls were obscene and his act a betrayal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A trip to Machado’s for a lollipop or paper dolls worked when I was a kid, but not anymore. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z We were staring at each other across the glowing stove like a pair of wooden dolls. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of girls your age would love to have a doll like this.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While her lemon-yellow skirt was spared, the doll attached to it was not as lucky. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Gerald thought she looked like one of those glass dolls that shatter when you drop them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I held it up, and ceremoniously stuck it to the head of the doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A cork, a fishhook, a silver dollar, a fancy key, and a tiny wooden baby doll, no bigger than a thimble, painted in bright colors, with a face and everything. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then something strong—fiercely strong—gripped my right arm, still sunk inside the belly of the doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mattie held up a rag doll with a distinct bald spot on her black yarn head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z You, my fine friend, have entered doll time.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That was no doll in the water,” Mama said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I felt for the doll in the shadow and dropped it on the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The best part, the doll would come dressed in a fencing uniform with a hijab. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were a few fine prizes; roller skates, a catcher’s mitt, a doll with real hair and so on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of my old doll, Dee, and my stomach clenched. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Holding her new doll right up to the American woman's face and tipping it so that its little head touched the woman's flushed cheek, Sandi made a smacking sound. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She tucked him tenderly into an old wooden cradle, and he lay in sleepy contentment, his dark face incongruous against a doll’s pillow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad got me a doll for Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The doll named Mary and the pretty little box which had once held ten gilded pennies, were stowed away next. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi tilted the doll back so that it closed its eyes, then tipped it forward again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The girl asked her mother to send back just one thing for her birthday: a doll that cries. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “There really aren’t very many. So May Ling has no dolls that look like her, and no books with pictures of people that look like her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no getting in that house where her clothespin dolls lay in a row. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Adelaide liked making bead jewelry and putting nail polish on dolls. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Huddled in a corner, shivering in her thin nightgown, clinging to an old doll’s blanket, Angel was crying silently. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know about second chances. That boy, Percy Jackson—he destroyed my old life. You wouldn’t have recognized me back then. I wore dresses and makeup. I was a glorified secretary, an accursed Barbie doll.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Little Lord Robert hopped to his feet at that, so upset he dropped his doll. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In his blue overalls that hung limp over his skinny little body he was like a blue-and-yellow rag doll. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’d have thought you were too old to be playing with dolls.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands shook like a bobble-head doll when he reached for the medication. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then by the light of the smoke-sputtering doll I opened a folded page. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And if he was very tired, he would close his eyes and go to sleep under the doll’s blanket. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The thought of Mama Ya-Ya as an overgrown doll tickles me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Baby was sitting on Odenigbo’s shoulders, waving her stuffed doll, and the sun was bright through the thin drizzle, and Olanna was filled with a delicious exuberance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They both had on floral-print dresses with lacy socks folded down over shiny Mary Janes and looked like child models in doll commercials. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They remind me of the porcelain dolls my sisters and I used to play with as children. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mom made dolls instead, gave me brown cloth dolls with big brown eyes. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z ‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfectly balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I’m so disappointed about the doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The old doll and Edward sat on their shelf and stared straight ahead. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z At the end of the alley stood a girl with a mass of golden curls, dressed as pretty as a doll in blue satin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what her problem was with some old doll, but I’d find out after I figured out a way to haul it in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, well. I guess there’s something in what you say. Look! Have you got a fifty-cent doll?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The dolls were stick-thin, like the actresses on TV, unlike the people I saw in real life in Rochester. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One night I asked her about the three dolls on her shelf. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two teammates helped pull him up to his feet like a beaten-up rag doll. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was down on the floor. You stroked my hair like I was a doll, but you didn’t have any dolls. No toys. You said, ‘Don’t cry, Mama. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With her short, naturally curly hair and her light-yellow corduroy jacket, she looked like a little doll, a lovely doll with glasses. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby pulled down a doll from a low shelf and turned it upside down, and it let out a crying sound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was lonely sleeping without that fool doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a doll that ran around at night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I stood staring at Judy’s door, which was adorned with photographs of automobile crashes, lurid headlines cut from the Weekly World News, and a nude Barbie doll hanging from the doorknob by a noose. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She wore a silver circlet on her head like a princess’s tiara, which didn’t match her skull earrings or her Death to Barbie T-shirt showing a little Barbie doll with an arrow through its head. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Against the opposite wall was a glass-fronted cabinet, and inside this were the dolls, dozens of very small dolls, all female, and made of wool-covered wire, like pipe cleaners, with embroidered-on faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z On the table next to the plate of wafers was a creepy-looking doll with peach-colored skin and a head of big curly black hair. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Her cheeks drooped toward her eyes and her hair pointed straight toward the ground, making her look like a dangling troll doll. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I said how Mrs. Moss threw a doll at me ’cause I couldn’t keep my arms raised up during a time-out.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The dancer held up a doll and puffed out the skirt of its dress so that it opened prettily like a fully blown flower. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If I had woman trouble, that meant I was a woman and I couldn’t carry Dinah anymore, because dolls were for kids. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “She loves them. Just like every little girl. We buy her dolls, and my sisters buy her dolls, and our friends buy her dolls—” She giggled again, and Mr. Richardson’s jaw tensed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Or steal my skateboard and use it for a doll ambulance. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She takes one look at me and begins stuffing clothes in the laundry bag that once hung behind my door, a rag doll’s face on a hanger with her body an empty sack. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I know Salome is supposed to be more like the movie stars in our paper doll books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Then that’ll be good. He can deal with whatever it is. I don’t want to get mixed up with no walking dolls.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Who would make him toy man dolls to dance? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "You know those dancing dolls from the last time?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I open my eyes, and I could be in any girl’s room—a room she’s lived in for a long time, with Madame Alexander dolls sharing space with eyeliner pencils and fashion magazines. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He heard it in the kitchen, trying to sleep, trying not to see the rag doll flop endlessly to the canvas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z So in one day, I went from having one aunt, one grandma, and a bunch of baby dolls to having a mother, a father, three baby sisters, and two younger brothers. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But his mother made him some hot broth instead, and put him to bed in his cigarette box with a doll’s hot-water bottle against his feet. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z And my cousin the goddess enfolds me completely in a hug, making me feel like a doll again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You remember the little girl with the doll?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I felt the way Fern must have felt when she found her doll baby, Miss Patty Cake, all blacked-up thanks to Vonetta’s Magic Marker. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was one of those dolls that are incredibly lifelike, and I had carried it everywhere for months, changing its diaper, feeding it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z It might have gotten worse if I hadn’t made a slight gesture over the brazier with the wax doll. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The next morning the baby doll was under the tree, a ribbon in her gold hair, and a bottle tied to her wrist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I met the little doll’s eyes, and an unspoken agreement passed between us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the kindergarten room, he discovered a doll’s house, which he enjoyed exploring. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I watched her doll- like figure retreating through the cold wind, and somehow I felt much warmer. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Pepperhorn was dragging Valley down the aisle to the door, handling her as if...as if she were a rag doll. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He spent it on a new suit, an unforgettable drinking spree with all is friends, and a porcelain doll for Clara. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you remember that dress! My mother always made me wear stuff like that at the holidays, and we don’t even celebrate Christmas. Like she was dressing up an American Girl doll.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Radar nodded toward the living room, where the tables on either side of the couch held three sets of unnested black Santa nesting dolls. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Helena nods, kisses the doll, and wraps her back up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But all she had were small scraps of fabric she found in the streets and old newspapers, so she made dolls from the scraps and imagined they were rich ladies. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The point was that the dolls and blocks needed me to give them life, and I dutifully gave it to them, imposing one personal crisis after another. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I watched as Peewee stood, putting the last touches on the doll. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We fought over Barbie dolls and did each other’s makeup and dreamed of love. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The flashlight came on just in time to catch the doll starting to walk across the floor toward me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When Celia returns to her father the next day with the perfectly repaired doll he only nods his approval before waving her away, returning to his preperformance preparations. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had blown up and acted personally instead of denouncing the significance of the dolls, him, the obscene idea, and seizing the opportunity to educate the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This opinion was immediately reinforced by his first shelf-mate, a china doll with green glass eyes and red lips and dark brown hair. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “So the doll can experience this bathroom with you,” Abby says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Dicey tried to remember the last time she heard Sammy laugh, and that had been laughing at Maybeth because a doll she made out of sea grass had been washed away by a wave. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat up straight and as I did so something inside my head moved like the weights on a doll’s eyes and it hit me inside in back of my eyeballs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It would be Marion, her little mouth tight, looking like a small, angry doll. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were many things in Ultima’s room that I instinctively knew I should not touch, but I could not understand why she was so blunt about the dolls. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like doll hair, very tidy and arranged, as if sewn into place. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z From here on it’s like a Russian nesting doll, designed that way by Peck. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I become a doll—an object to be embellished. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She figured that would be a good business deal: skates, mitt, doll and all the other things for fifty cents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you really still play with paper dolls?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d flex and leap, and bow and sweep; a sugarplum, a swan, a maiden, a doll. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Then I moved my dolls, Flora and Rosamunde, into bed and climbed in. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She said she’d bought a really darling little iron that looked like it went with a doll house, but had forgotten to bring it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He went to a doll’s shop, where they had things which were the right size for him, and outfitted himself completely, with new luggage, suits, shirts, and accessories. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The dolls sit in booster seats, clamped onto the tables, and the waiters bring them tiny cups of doll tea. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The faces were dead, as if someone had constructed dolls from parts of the corpses of humans and of animals. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The surprise was a lovely little girl, exquisitely dressed, who came from the wings carrying a beautiful doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Praba’s mother had given us perfectly good bananas and bags of banana chips, but from a nearby stall, I bought a doll with bright black hair you could comb. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “There ain’t no such thing as virgin birth,” Florence said looking down at the decapitated doll. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw a row of paper dolls severed in the middle and two friends promising to someday put them back together again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And behind it, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker lay ironed out upon the grass as flat and thin and lifeless as a couple of paper dolls cut out of a picture book. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The next to go was Clifton's doll, but it burned so stubbornly that I reached inside the case for something else. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all the sticky things that had come out of that doll’s mouth, that may have been the stickiest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember anybody asking me about an Easy- Bake oven or dolls,” she said hesitantly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As I fell, something invisible began rocking me back and forth—lightly at first, but then harder and harder until I was flopping around like a rag doll. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The mashed celluloid doll and the beads and junk Ralph played with were scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead, I find an Appalachian apple doll, withered and spotty, with dewlaps and bags and long floppy ears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I looked at the doll and felt my throat constrict. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But the memory is that flower smell, the glare of the glass, squinting to see my sister on her side with her dolls, and the birds in between sitting safe in their orchard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She lifted the three dolls and held them to my sick uncle’s mouth, and when he breathed on them they seemed to squirm in her hands. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z That the lite of a man is worth the sale of a two-bit paper doll . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But the dancing dolls were from two trips back. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I can’t forget them, walking through these dark rooms, trying to play dolls, maybe, in here or those bedrooms upstairs.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I shuddered to see those clay dolls take life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another has the heads of six or seven old dolls attached to her stomach. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “And what do they look like, these dolls?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And those great big baby dolls that wet their diapers. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I turned and faced the map, removing the doll from my pocket and tossing it upon the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The leather bundle stuck to the doll’s face swiveled left and right. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even the fun of fitting arms and legs to the doll could not keep Robin from wanting to get out into the fields and away from bench and bed, stool and trundle cart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It was the one Olanna loved, the one she said made Baby look like a doll. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ayanna dropped to her knees and swept the doll out of my hoodie and into a huge hug. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I put the doll’s foot into the candle flame, which guttered and smoked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I dropped the doll and drew the revolver from my pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She probably sees a kindly babushka doll when she looks at me, sitting in my hijab. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Hambro lived in the West Eighties, and once in the vestibule I tucked the hat under my arm and put the glasses in my pocket along with Brother Tarp's leg chain and Clifton's doll. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All I lost in the confusion was Ruth’s doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami said no one but she, who knew I wanted a baby doll from the baby Jesus, had caught the slip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hanging from a department store rack was a sleek, sparkly dress in a doll’s size. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He had thought that hairpins were curved as they were to copy the shape of a lady and he would sometimes play with them like dolls. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Two months later Santa Claus brought us each a doll that looked exactly like Baby Emma. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then from bits of colored paper she cut dresses and hats, ribbons and laces, so that Laura and Mary could dress their dolls beautifully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I began, only to see him pick up two of the dolls and step forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of the screen, where a girl with super-curly hair, really big like the hair on Señora Oralia’s toilet paper dolls, danced. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The Asian girl’s dark hair was shaved down into a buzz cut, and she was wearing baggy boys’ jeans, but her face was so pretty she might have been a doll. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I knew Maddy could braid because I taught her, and plus, she braided her dolls' hair all the time. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z At this point in the story, she throws a doll across her room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The nurse’s neck fell limp, like a broken doll. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “God told me death is coming. He calls me his little chatty doll...God’s chatty doll....” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z According to the pictures she’s muscular, with big thighs, but the doll is a slender stick. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Shall I push you?” said the old doll. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Or dolls for that matter. In fact—” Mrs. Richardson cast her mind back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I showed off my twin doll and received a giant card signed by all the cottage residents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I gave him his box of mementos and watched as he fingered each one: the Wiggle King fishing lure, the silver dollar, the cork, little Eva’s nesting doll, and the skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z When it looked like that was not possible, she promised to send us some warm clothes and my dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And now I could see the doll only vaguely and drops of moisture were thudding down upon its absorbent paper . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were thin slips, like paper dolls floating down the walks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Little sister, been a long time since I play with dolls,” he said, smiling benevolently. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I casually moved the foot of the wax doll into the space about an inch above the candle’s wick, which is actually the hottest part of the flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She would have fallen if he hadn't held her up, as easy as if she were a doll. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had an assortment of Barbie dolls, which struck me as particularly bizarre toys. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The list just kept on going until I wanted to remind her of how she buttonedMissy’s body into her finest green wool dress, saying, “It’s like dressing a doll.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The girl kept gripping her brother with one hand but raised the other one slow to take the doll. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I looked up, pressing my chin to my chest to focus on the doll at the front of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her favorite things to knit are dresses for the Baby Jesus doll that lies in a cradle on top of the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If she took her doll for a walk in the doll carriage, Wilbur followed along. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And so, while Eddie V. went off on the chemical taste of soda in plastic bottles, Dell checked out a website that sold bobble-head baseball player dolls at very affordable prices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The old doll said, “I wonder who will come for me this time. Someone will come. Someone always comes. Who will it be?” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “That bad man stole your doll baby,” I reminded her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When the moon was full, she made the little doll and stabbed it and stabbed it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was to be her first and her last doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lips were wide and purple, like those African dolls you see in tourist store windows but could never afford to buy. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her hair looks like an overbrushed doll’s wig, tired yellow with faded red highlights coming through. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They seem to revel in it, using their superhuman strength to toss other champions around like rag dolls. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z But in between were a dozen teeth, each slightly bigger than the last, each a perfect enlargement of the one that came before it, like Russian dolls. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I pulled up my avatar’s inventory display, which appeared as a classic “paper doll” diagram of my avatar, onto which I could drag and drop various items and pieces of equipment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z "He's coming," he said, nodding toward the approaching policeman as he swept up the dolls, dropping them into the carton and starting away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl smiled and bowed and turned to leave the stage with the doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ruti, I’m sorry I threw out your doll and gave away your dress from Cuba. But I’m trying to forget Cuba. Do you understand?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “No kidding. Did your ghost doll tell you we’d be here?” demanded the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She's watching me, and her blue eyes look like they were pulled out of a doll—unmoving, always smiling. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z These dirty, devil things that would give the sweet Baby Jesus doll nightmares in his cradle? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Arize walked from aisle to aisle, cooing, touching the plastic wrappings, picking out baby clothes, a pink pram, a plastic doll with blue eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That’s hard to say, Sybil, She may be in any one of a thousand places. At the hairdresser’s. Having her hair dyed mink. Or making dolls for poor children, in her room.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The doll stares at her from the rocking chair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Shadow thought the picture might have been taken at an embassy Christmas party, as he had been dressed in a bowtie and his best clothes, as one might dress a doll. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I don’t play with dolls anymore, but I like to study Dad’s gift. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Some neighbor girls in the old mill village had played with those same grass dolls. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I started making clothes for my dolls and even patchwork pillowcases for everyone in my family. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t you rather have a nice woolly bear, though? Or a pretty doll?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I draw a circle around my doll family. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He fashioned it into a little doll with legs and arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I pop the head off a Barbie doll and set it inside the turkey’s body. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Behind the ugly glasses she’s pretty, almost like a china doll. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Actually I thought it was strange that the dolls had faces at all. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Let’s go in your bedroom and dress up your dolls while we wait. We can show them to the baby soon.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z At home, I lived in a world of high drama and intrigue, immersing myself in an ever-evolving soap opera of dolls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Later, Doc told me that Gran’s breathing into the doll gave it some of her spirit, and it would be a way she could be with me even after she was gone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Prim-lipped Victorian china dolls stared in profusion through dusty store windows, like so many props from respectable horror films. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In the hall of the home, Celina Aunty set up a little crèche, a set of dolls in a stable: baby Yesu, Mary, Joseph, three kings, a drummer boy, and lots of animals. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, my. What adorable dolls you are. My, my.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of the shelves, Mariam saw a collection of identical wooden dolls, arranged in a line in order of decreasing size. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The boys hung back, their pomaded hair and scrubbed faces serious, their pressed pants making them look as stiff as paper dolls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The railroad tracks are littered with broken dolls, old tires, dead dogs, and worn shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She lay under the faded bedding like a rag doll losing its stuffing, her hair a wild collection of snakes on the pillow, her cornflower blue eyes poisoned with streaks of yellow and red. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the doll, there are three fresh candles, a pack of cheap cigarettes, an open can of Tecate, a bowl of apples, and a white rose starting to brown at the edges. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Like a doll pushed from behind, I fell face down between the rails and lay flat and thin as I could, head low between crossties, arms stretched overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Behind him, Kandar cradled its piglet like a child might hold a doll. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I swear, sometimes I think you still play with dolls.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I disliked them too, but this doll was better than a reading book, and you could own it with self-respect, seeing as it was a boy with guts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Does May Ling have any Asian dolls—that is, any dolls that look like her?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She unlocked another shed and tossed the sack containing my dolls on top of a pile of unmarked boxes and then added the bag with the fancy dresses. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My dolls were becoming less interesting, and without air-conditioning our apartment got unbearably hot in the late afternoons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I think it’s like playing with a pretty little doll for them, but Ashley seems to like the attention. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I knew I would have to give up my long, tall rag doll, Mellie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then there was Mirabelle’s playroom, a whole enormous bedroom devoted to her toys: wooden blocks in all colors of the rainbow, a rocking elephant made from velvet, an entire shelf of dolls. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Mary wants to give the doll to some poor little girl in the audience who is named Mary.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You rummaged in your bag, pulled out your wooden doll, and talked to her for a while. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We each named our new doll Baby Emma, and we practiced taking good care of our babies, just as Mama had taken care of the real Baby Emma. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded and said, “I don’t want a doll baby. I want a woman. A grown-up woman that’s not scared of her daddy. I guess you don’t want to be a grown-up woman, Corrie.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the riders moved in unison, circling her, and she felt like she was being spun like a limp doll held by a willful child. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Personally, I see nothing wrong with Timothy playing with this doll because it is a sailor doll. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Dad had painted it a blue he called cerulean, and I thought that name was so pretty that I named the first doll to live in the house Sarah Cerulean. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He’s talking about the time I was dusting her Baby Jesus doll, when I dropped Him and His arm broke. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl occupied herself by buttoning and unbuttoning a pinafore on the doll’s plastic body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Once she sent away for voodoo dolls and carefully followed the instructions some witch doctor in the West Indies wrote about how to relieve Natalie’s condition. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things we continued to abuse were our baby dolls. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t play with dolls,” I say just as loudly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ishtar picked a small rag doll from a shelf. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Jiichan filled his cheeks with air, looking for a moment like a round-faced doll. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The lady opened her pocketbook, took out a red leather change purse, and scooted coins around, searching for the right amount for adorable, well-behaved colored dolls. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mary’s mother bought this doll and had clothes made for it just like the clothes little Mary is wearing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap the doll in butcher paper and hide it in the rafters of the storage room next to the toilet block. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Saw Leda hanging on to her raggedy baby doll. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The child made no move to help, and Hannah had to dress her as if she were a doll, pushing her arms into the sleeves of the blouse as gently as she could. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra made herself stand and pretend to consider for several seconds before picking out a rag doll with big vacant eyes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She curled up on her old bed, wishing she had brought her doll Nana with her, but too afraid to go out of the room to get her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Arul wound your new doll’s hair around one of his wrists like a handcuff. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She kissed the doll and replaced it gently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His body was tossed and hurled in the stampede like a rag doll, finally rolling to a stop when the melee moved on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The dead man continued to float in front of us like a giant water-logged voodoo doll—a bad omen to be sure. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There were wooden toys moldering in a box; crayons on a windowsill, their colors dulled by the light of ten thousand after noons; a dollhouse with dolls inside, lifers in an ornate prison. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Pretty cool,” I said, taking the doll in my hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She looks nervous, and no wonder—who wouldn’t be nervous after watching Will collapse like a rag doll? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Muthu gestured at a vendor who was dozing in the shade of a pushcart piled high with the ugliest plastic dolls I’d ever seen. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I wish I had a doll made of china, like Sarah Martin.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They'd walked into a bingo hall once and heard him tell an old lady he was her troll doll, the only good luck charm she'd ever need. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She was like a delicate little china doll, special and easily broken. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie’s quiet as she puts her dolls and clothes into her basket. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The principal is a nun with a bonnet like a baby doll, except it’s black. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Fern no longer looked for her doll when we left Cecile’s for breakfast. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother reached over and took the doll from Sandi's hands. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The different dolls stood for different kinds of vessels. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I try to picture a doll holding a glass of iced tea. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Jars, baskets, pots; a doll, a spindle, earrings, a photograph, a stack of sticks, a set of silver brushes and a silver cigar case. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll’s torso burst open, a pile of the black sand stuff left in Lindsey’s hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The girl looked long and hard into the doll’s brown eyes then smiled like she saw something there ’sides a couple of buttons and some thread. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I get one of the bags we used to move from Mickiewicza, which is really an old potato sack, and stuff a blanket inside it, along with my hairbrush and Helena’s doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “She had a doll she used to love, so I got her this, see...” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then the doors of all the houses opened simultane-ously, and out came women like a row of paper dolls. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like watching Paul Bunyan make out with one of those It's a Small World dolls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “The people who come in here want dolls, not rabbits. They want baby dolls or elegant dolls such as myself, dolls with pretty dresses, dolls with eyes that open and close.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I am only a doll made of china. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z A bald doll poked out of the top, sizing me up with blank and beady eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z What was clear was that he was being taken to a child to make up for the loss of a doll. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He looked like a stuffed doll, and because he was always smiling, the deep dimples in his pillowy cheeks looked like permanent fixtures, as though someone had sunk a stick into his cheeks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting on Holly’s queen-size bed, combing her dolls’ hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Henry had given Naomi a doll just three weeks after he started coming to Abuelito’s house to take her mother dancing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So we stay in bed, and I let her hold her doll, and I stroke her head, but she always has one hand out, clinging. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For a split second, he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he fell slowly backward, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "No need for an occasion, doll. You are the favorite. It's an honor to dress you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z While I was digging through the doll bin for a Black Barbie, he had his eyes on this raggedy chest with half the leather cover missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "Not for that. I was as disgusted as you. But hell, isn't the shooting of an unarmed man of more importance politically than the fact that he sold obscene dolls?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A yellow blanket covering me and my cloth doll, Maya. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But only the dolls are real to us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I shook all the water from her insides, dried her off, then put her in my suitcase to spare Fern from seeing her doll baby grayish and ashy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll had dark ringlets, milky porcelain skin, and pink lips parted over painted white teeth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "Is he the bad man?" the boy had asked, clutching his doll. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It opened like a book in her hands, becoming two hoverboards, then each of those opened up, and then those, unfolding like a string of paper dolls. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes, we put flowers or dolls or other little gifts on the graves of people we knew, but we never stayed to talk. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The only time we lifted our eyes from Cletus’s suitcase was when Ob wanted to watch those two Barbie and Ken dolls dance the tango. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I can see people moving like bright animated dolls, their mouths opening and closing but no real words coming out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sandi ignored her mother's fierce look and reached out for the doll. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Judy Billings seemed like a doll, her tiny face looking up at me, getting fuzzy, getting wavy.... Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Had a face like a baby doll and a voice like a car engine. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z When we visited you that night, I took the doll with us, hoping your eyes would light up when you saw her. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Lyra stood up, clutching her doll, and Pantalaimon hopped onto her shoulder as the nurse opened the door to lead them out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A china-faced doll wearing a satin dress lay by the curb, her head shattered, her dress coated with dirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I sat there in the conference room at Mattel, my mascara running from my tears, I tried to explain why this doll was going to be so important to so many little girls. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “This is also a good example of the power that a clever sympathist commands. Imagine what would happen if I were to throw this doll into the fire itself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yes, I told myself as I arranged the worry dolls under my pillow that night. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Then Coraline picked up her box of dolls and went out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She was like a rag doll being dragged. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The professor had told her about doll’s eyes, another name for the white baneberry that could cause cardiac arrest. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I held the crude doll up for the class to inspect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Francie sat numb, longing for that doll with all her soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was like a rag doll in her hands. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You curled up on our mattress with your wooden doll, Marapachi. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Like, there’s a little hook in there where you can set your doll. I’m serious. Go look.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Bobo was three years older than Perry, and she adored him; he was her only toy, a doll she scrubbed and combed and kissed and sometimes spanked. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z You might as well take him away”—indicating Pantalaimon—“and replace him with a doll full of sawdust. That is the difference. Now, where is my armor?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was paying for the lie and for the doll by giving up her pride. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All ribbons and lace, perfect as a shop-fresh doll save for a few unruly curls escaping her braids. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "But what do they mean about his selling dolls?" a tall youth said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to my room, where I scooped up my worry dolls and put them in a pocket of my bag. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A turtle with a gash along his shell comforted a weeping older woman who was clutching a child’s doll. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As a girl, I’d passed whole days playing “mommy” to my dolls, pretending that I knew how to dress and feed them, brushing their hair, and tenderly putting Band-Aids on their plastic knees. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Galahad did not care for them at all, but played with a rag doll which he called the Holy Holy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Like she says one time, she says, ‘I’ve knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor an’ a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they’re running a parlor house.’ Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gloom of the shop, Edward could see that the doll’s head, like his, had been broken and repaired. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Boy, bye. I know my stuff. Sonny’s momma is a beautician. She taught me ages ago. I used to hook my baby dolls up.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They were dolls dressed up, insipid in blue and white, pious and lifeless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The doll of her has little leatherette skates and a fur-trimmed costume, pink with white fur, and fringed eyes that open and close, but it looks nothing at all like the real Barbara Ann Scott. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now,” said the lady, “this doll is named Mary after the kind little girl who is giving her away.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been a cradle friend, the girl I played dolls with. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks up Celia’s only doll from a nearby chair and drops it to the floor, the porcelain head cracking open. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a big doll that was large enough for two people to ride on its back. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My mother was always holding on to my brother, Smell Factor, like squeezing him like a doll. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Got a baby doll in the box? Are you talking to your baby doll?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She looks like a doll that you see in a box on a shelf, except she’s prettier. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The baby doll’s white skin had been painted the color of midnight, with thick cherry-red lipstick smeared over its small mouth. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In a corner was a Ladybird Hope doll in a glass case on a pedestal. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When eventually he plumped down, he showed his pleasure by trying to bang his stick doll to pieces against the side of the hearth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She had never watched the show, but she loved that doll. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The doll I had was wearing a green nightgown. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z People came and went, grandmothers and doll collectors and little girls with their mothers. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z They staked out the doll shop, and they examined Dickinson’s bank account and safe-deposit box. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She lay curled on her side, clutching her headless doll. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a doll out there, and her voice echoed as she kept calling my name. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Everything on her side of the room was pink: pink bed, pink princess sheets, pink dolls piled up on pink pillows. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She woke up from time to time in the night and whispered “Mary” and touched the doll’s infinitesimal slipper with a light finger. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the top floor, in what we guessed was originally the nuns’ quarters, we found a trunk full of dolls, old, old dolls, with leathery skin that was broken and creased from wear or age. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The first thing Simon does is ask her about the rental dolls—and then he, Abby, and Bram end up following her back to the hostess stand. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A chimpanzee can’t win an argument with a Homo sapiens, but the ape can rip the man apart like a rag doll. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Laura had only a corncob wrapped in a handkerchief, but it was a good doll. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Fourteen going on fifteen, she had finally outgrown her dolls and was two, three, who knows, ten years away from her own babies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her saying, Oh no, she doesn’t see the mean doll moving behind her is enough to give me a tiny heart attack. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Paper dolls,” said Brave Orchid to her children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I put clothes on Rusty, he went all floppy, like a rag doll. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Peewee was working hard trying to get his little doll together to give to her kids. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t interested in any of the dolls or blocks or tea sets I’d been given, only that piano—plinking and plunking on it nonstop. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Penelope briefly imagined those round, doll eyes were taking in her plain dress and sensible footwear, but shooed away the thought as fast as it came. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “You think he plays with those frilly dolls downstairs?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We examined The Human Body doll while Tía Mimi read out loud from a little booklet that came with it about the different organs and what each was good for. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her little body was lying across a busted-down doll carriage in the cellar of a nearby house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The round eyes gave her the appearance of a doll, as did her pink-hued cheeks and upturned nose. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly weak and powerless, as limp as a rag doll. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The doll would close her eyes, too, and Fern would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake her infants. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She pushed her doll closer, so that Mrs. Fanning aped a surprised, cross-eyed look. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The only fat doll I had was a white baby doll that I got from a sidewalk sale. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “I never snitched on you that time you got the doll when you said your name was Mary.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the commercial for the Crissy doll comes on I think how I almost got one. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Anya spied a doll tied around its waist with a string, bundles of wheat cut short and tied with festive bows, and several apples with simple pictures carved into the skin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Why had I lost my head and spat upon the doll, I wondered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia and I would sit on the floor in front of her, holding our dolls as we watched her care for the tiny infant. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There were all these things that people had thrown away back there—old cookers and broken dishes and dolls with no arms and no legs and empty cans and broken bottles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Violet had a brother who was eight years older, and he always treated her like a doll. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When finally I could, I told them of the body that was a doll, and the teeth in the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Just then he saw what looked like the arm of a doll sticking out from under one of the wings. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Indeed the skate wheels were rusted and the doll’s hair was dust filmed as though these things had waited there a long time like Little Boy Blue’s toy dog and tin soldier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was done, I gathered the worry dolls and crawled under the ugly flower print comforter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I felt a slight pang of guilt, which vanished when I pictured Lissa’s array of stuffed animals and dolls. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z We shared girly things too, like our collection of soft fabric dolls that we would dress with outfits we concocted from cloth remnants. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Loomis could pick Grandpa up like a rag doll, Miss Love. Not jostle his ribs or anything. Just bend over easy and lay him in the water.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I remembered the haint in the marsh that had tricked me with the poppet doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Laura sat down on the edge of the bed and held her doll. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll was a foot high, had real yellow hair and blue eyes that opened and shut, with real eyelashes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy kicked aside a doll with his shoe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Griffin went down and flopped over like a rag doll. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head at the dancer, who had since reached in her basket and extracted three more dolls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Irene and I used to spend hours with that thing, until sometime after my tenth birthday, when I had decided that I was too old for dolls, and therefore, dollhouses. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z When I was younger, I would wrap my doll in the lace from my first Communion and I’d show her off to all my neighbors. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The friends of my childhood—Flora, the rag doll, and Rosamunde, the wooden doll in the gown with seven flounces—nestled in their basket. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I put doll heads on ’em, but this time I was in a hurry and didn’t bother. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We could play with some old dolls and broken toys, although we mostly made up our own games and caught dragonflies. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There’s an antique child’s rocking horse in the window, a threadbare quilt, a wooden-headed doll with a battered face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was just the two of us, a boy and a doll, and you know what? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The fusty smell seeped from out of the chinks in the dolls' glass cabinet, into the room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And my mother, who was not there but could see me inside out, told Old Mr. Chou she knew which doll I would pick. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so nervous that I stuffed my worry dolls into the pocket of my jeans to have them with me at school that day. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Little brother Pinch was killing his willow doll men over and over with a rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In sum, he was a doll, and the Foreign Student Affairs secretary, though she loathed her job, loathed her boss, loathed working, liked him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a blue bath mat, a blue fake-fur cover on the toilet seat; all this bathroom lacks from the time before is a doll whose skirt conceals the extra roll of toilet paper. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Radar was furiously swinging Alex’s backpack in his mouth, shaking it like a rag doll, spilling notebook paper and sheets of homework everywhere. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, you look adorable. Take back what I said about you looking like your dad—you look like a doll. Oh, God, I see the appeal of dressing a child.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In the pocket of my good Sunday dress, the black-and-gray-striped cotton one, I felt for the doll Gran gave me and squeezed it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The gowns and crinolines and veils worn by the dolls were all faded to beige and grey and fawn, and the faces were almost worn away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Their legs moved a little jerkily, like well-made wooden dolls, and they carried pillars of black fear about them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s so small. She should have a toy. Maybe you could carve her a doll? And I could stitch a little dress for it.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They are inward toward the other, bound and joined by carnival dolls and the steamers that sailed from ports they never saw. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Far away he looks like a doll bent over his rake, a bucket at his feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did not,” said Flora, “dress him up like a baby doll. And this is all your fault.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I don’t want to be a doll hung up on the Wall, I don’t want to be a wingless angel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma gave her the willow doll instead, told her to let the baby sleep, directed her to play with Little Pinch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. Ray cut these paper dolls. He’s smart. And Leda, my little sister, drew the mouths.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z On most days, my brother and I stayed in the house, pretending we were other people by dressing up or playing with paper dolls, puzzles, and blocks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The cottage was so small it looked more like a doll's house than a human dwelling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Her closet, full of clothes, was built into the wall, and the top of her dresser was covered with small perfume bottles, lipsticks, and miniature dolls. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In the doll business, we have a saying: there is real time and there is doll time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z They used to have dolls, for little girls, that would talk if you pulled a string at the back; I thought I was sounding like that, voice of a monotone, voice of a doll. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the broken doll and heard a whimpering sound coming from an open doorway. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded and scooped the dolls back into their tiny container. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Now books keep me company the way my Cuban rag doll once did. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But when she felt the corpse floating beside her, she started pulling Pita out of the water as if she were a sopping Raggedy Ann doll. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then leaned in close to Reggie and told him about the doll. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His warm ivory skin is free from a single imperfection, like a porcelain doll behind a glass case. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When he went off to first grade, he left her behind on her front steps, clutching a doll. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then, just before she died, she breathed into the doll and pressed it into my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mama wants to keep every single thing: baby clothes, our drawings from kindergarten, our cheap Barbie doll knockoffs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When he returned he would bring back gifts: slippery, shiny silks, or thick woolen tweeds, or toy dolls made of pale, cold porcelain. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me to play dolls with him, so we played. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I carried the matryoshka dolls into the guest bedroom, where Radar was carefully stashing Santas into a dresser. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “How about the doll that closes her eyes? What color are her eyes?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Or we played with dolls our mothers had made us out of scraps of old clothing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing with other children in the park, she had several times started to cry, and once or twice to throw things; she had lost a doll this way, and a dragon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To me the dead body just looked like a doll, and all the flowers stuffed around here and there were sort of nice. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Then for the grand finale, we head to the backyard, where the Año Viejo doll is waiting in the Charity-Sanchez fire pit. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Are five baby dolls and nightgowns enough, as I like a fresh one every night? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten, Monique had begun poring over a mail-order doll catalog as if it were a book—expensive dolls, with names and stories and historical outfits, absurdly detailed and even more absurdly expensive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I spin on myself and wonder if it’s a good thing to look like a doll. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I dropped the boxes and doll, draped her arm around me, and half fell down the rest of the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning Coraline said to her mother, “I’m going to have a picnic with my dolls today. Can I borrow a sheet—an old one, one you don’t need any longer—as a tablecloth?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Galahad, a priggish, mute little boy, was playing some private game with his dolls—to which he remained attached long after most boys would have taken to soldiers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, she seemed ready at any moment to fly apart like a broken doll. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She gets into bed with her doll and huddles in the corner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Inside the basket were a dozen dark-haired Barbie dolls dressed like Spanish señoritas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A doll in a red velvet dress and a wooden truck had been tossed aside by some children. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Instantly, Percy gulped and began to thrash, but Jason was as lifeless as a rag doll. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The dolls all had stories and books that came with them about how they had gotten to be true Americans. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They hummed loud so I need not ponder on the baby doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't see the dancing dolls being left out in the rain or given away to the maid!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If I took off the hag skin, would Dinah be just like any other doll? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My voice was swallowed up by a roar of air from the doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We could see dolls on the bed, and in the background dresses were hanging. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth’s doll lay next to my head, her eyes staring up at the ceiling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When you shook his limp hand he was like a scary doll that whispered, “Goodbye, dearly departed. Rest in peace.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Why do you always do that? I smell like a Strawberry Shortcake doll." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Mark them china doll, brainiac, Or plain dumb jock. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Winthrop was the only person who ever described me as a doll. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to pre-composed children’s songs or folk songs, children create their own make-believe dialog and songs while playing with each other, or their toys and dolls, or just while daydreaming. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The giant was dangling a bloody corpse by one leg, the same way Arya used to dangle her doll when she was small, swinging it like a momingstar when menaced by vegetables. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The doll’s lace-trimmed blue silk dress, pink hair bow, black patent leather slippers and white silk socks duplicated exactly the clothes of the beautiful Mary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But this doll was as smooth between his legs as a baby girl. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z When Gay told her that Mrs. Moss had kept my dolls and Easy-Bake oven, my mother said, “I never liked that woman!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The doll mender walked away, turning out the lights one by one. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She put a doll in the grass beside each cup, making it look as much like a doll’s tea party as she could. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes, on these journeys, Wilbur would get tired, and Fern would pick him up and put him in the carriage alongside the doll. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z "It's time, little dolls," the Fashion Minister calls out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Its austere emptiness made her nervous; she wished he had pictures or books or Russian dolls that she could look at. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A nerve in her thumb throbbed and she thought the doll’s hand twitched. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A small rag doll covered with what looked like blood was trapped under one of the bus’ front wheels. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth bounced her cornhusk doll on her lap and flew it through the air. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon they were chatting and giggling and getting their dolls ready for a tea party. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Dressed in every stitch of clothing I could find, I suspect I looked like Mattie's rag doll, shuffling my way down the icy steps and across the snowy yard to the well. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I would like a new bike, some Barbie dolls, a radio, and—whoops.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She falls, first to her knees, her hands limp at her sides, and then to the pavement, slumped to the side like a rag doll. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When the prosecutor asked Angel where Jordan had hit Gerald, for example, Angel pointed to the doll’s back and face. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that doesn’t mean anything. You look at the toy aisle—most dolls are blond with blue eyes. I mean, that’s just the default.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You can pretend these are bride paper dolls. They have lots of beautiful long dresses.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He dangled like a rag doll, his feet trailing on the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So she gave the doll to that poor little girl who is named Mary, too.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Eva’s nesting doll nested itself in my mind and had taken its place on my bedside windowsill. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He’s little more than a rag doll on the ground, just as he was when I dislocated his shoulder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I often sat in the shade of their tangerine tree and played with my dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He retrieved the doll and wiped his nose again on the dress. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z All the dolls have stitches on their chins, like the ones Decca got at the hospital after a playground accident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The little girl who came out holding a doll was older than Baby, perhaps about eight years old. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He nudged a body on the ground with his foot and Olanna noticed, then, how many bodies were lying there, like dolls made of cloth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We couldn’t take Momma’s shells, nor Ruth’s baby doll made of flannel bits and calico, nor the wooden bowl Poppa made for me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats at first, and in time with doll’s sewing, which had fallen sadly behind-hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey swirled the red liquid in her cup, thinking about how Amber wanted to pose Finn like a doll in the corner of her room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Francie now owned the doll but had yet another lie on her soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a smiling Bart Simpson doll, with a hard plastic head and soft arms and legs. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Each doll was about as big as my thumbnail, with cardboard limbs wrapped in colorful thread made to look like clothes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She was like the palatable little dolls we played with as children—mango seeds that we drew faces on and then called by our nicknames. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “A poppet looks like a doll but is filled with magic.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Now this is what I mean by dancing,” I said as I danced the role of Dewdrop, tippy-toeing around Mia and the dolls I had arranged on the floor as Flowers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She is grinning, muttering, “Baby doll. Big windup toy. Chatty Cathy.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She picked up the roll of toilet paper and placed the stumpy doll leg into the center of the cardboard tube. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And the time she let me use her dolls to make up plays or let me watch whatever I wanted to watch on TV. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Emma set her doll and the little yellow flower on the stump and pulled out a ’kerchief to wipe her eyes and nose. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They were expensive, and while Holly had all of them, I only had one, a doll who had escaped slavery and gotten free in Philadelphia. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She cut the dolls out of stiff white paper, and drew the faces with a pencil. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet among all these pious wooden dolls there was one Bernabe liked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll looked so much smaller now that I was almost on top of it, as though I could pick it up in one hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The chief saw Mrs. Coulter struggling, and picked up Lyra with one hand as if she were a doll and threw her into the sledge, where she lay stunned and dazed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A dollhouse, with tiny exquisite doll plates and teacups, was set out on the center table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Books, papers, shoes, football helmets, baseball bats, dolls, trucks, bicycles, musical instruments, lay everywhere and were used by everyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had one bright thought: I might be able to get back my dolls, radio, and Easy-Bake oven. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When Luke came home seven months later, he was not much bigger than one of my dolls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Kat’s idea of ‘nice play’ was to line up her naked Barbie dolls with their savage haircuts and strange biro markings and play hospitals. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z What had I to do with his selling the dolls in the first place? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One young man who made dolls for tourists wanted to make indi'gena queen dolls, and he took my picture to use as a model. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll get you a new doll when we have a little money. Now hurry up and get changed so you can help me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I haven’t heard Frank laugh so much for ever so long,” said Grace to Amy, as they sat discussing dolls and making tea sets out of the acorn cups. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He crawled into his bunk, clutching that thought like a child with a doll. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I did not know why I destroyed those dolls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was through I saw that she had molded three dolls. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I made her a cornhusk doll, painting a face on it with pokeberry juice and fashioning a gown for it with a piece of cambric from Becky’s scrap bag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Delsa took one look at her, then at Mami, and her black eyes opened round and wide like those on a doll baby. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Five hairpins, an olive, two dominoes, and a sock...A nailfile, four buttons of various sizes, a telephone slug, seven marbles, and a tiny doll’s chair... Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman hangs on to everything a normal person would throw out: Happy Meal toys, lost playing cards, grocery-store receipts, keys, dolls, a saltshaker, trains . . . how does he know this stuff could be art? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He braids the doll’s hair, and his long thin fingers move so quickly, they look like they’ll get tangled. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z My fingers waggled, barely scraping the muddy fabric of the strange doll’s belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then I taught her how to make worry dolls, something I’d learned about from one of the characters in a book I read. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I sat like that for about an hour, trying to think what would come next, and in my mind, the barefoot doll in her mother's old yellow nightgown sat and stared into space as well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He walked through the door of the doll mender’s shop. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Please, I need my dolls, my stuff in the shed,” I begged. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His body was twisted like a doll's, his waist and legs bent improbably to the side. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One of these three dolls is an old Fisherman with a Net over his back, another is an old woman with wood on her back and the third is a little boy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All of them were long-distance customers of a doll shop at 718 Madison Avenue in New York City. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Soon as the weather got cooler, Miss Love turned herself into a big doll. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “They are making a fool of that little girl. I wanted you to see her, but they have spoiled her entirely. She’s nothing but a doll tonight.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z This, he was certain, was the man who crushed the heads of china dolls. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “She says you’re very pretty, Summer. And, Charlotte, you look like a little doll.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And C.P. was moved to hear how, as a child, Ann’s only dolls were the ones she made herself out of grass she pulled up, the tangled roots serving as hair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy just pretended she was changing a doll. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The doll was sold two weeks later to a grandmother who was purchasing her for a grandchild. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Gay somehow knew that I had never recovered my dolls from Mrs. Moss and gave me a doll designed to look like me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And when she was asked about where Jordan had touched her, Angel was able to use the doll to show what he had done. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The doll’s real eyelashes touched her cheek and she trembled in ecstasy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The other dolls, which were supposed to bring me great pleasure, succeeded in doing quite the opposite. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When they stood to sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” in closing, Francie put her face down close to the doll’s face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I came over today to meet my son who is here from Portland on business and to get my little granddaughter's doll repaired. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “May Belle, would you like some new paper dolls?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They might look at pictures, and they might hold their rag dolls nicely and talk to them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of our time was spent putting the finishing touches on what Jupiter referred to as the Año Viejo doll. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z No Mary would stand up, no matter how much she wanted the doll, and be a symbol of all the poor little girls in the audience. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I stuck the portrait and letters in my pocket, and balanced Ruth’s doll on top of the boxes in my arms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The words echoed in my mind, weaving in and out around the doll’s triumphant laughter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I had a basin where I would scrub my dolls’ clothes and hang them with tiny clothespins on the wash line Adele strung at my height next to the playhouse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Momma and other ladies caught him in time to bring him back to the bench, where he quickly folded upon himself like a Br’er Rabbit rag doll. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was starting on a new model, in the room with the dolls, drawing it out very carefully on graph paper, first, to see whether it could work. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The girl’s face looked like a rubber doll someone had left in the sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she shouldn’t have gone up for the doll but should have written a story about it instead. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He came over and moved my body like I was a doll. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Little Eva, who had continued to carefully take apart each doll to remove a smaller one from inside, finally removed the tiniest doll, and tottered over to Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The aluminum treatments, the voodoo dolls, UCLA, the psychiatrists, the Bible readings, Mrs. Kelly. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Smack in the middle of an orchid there might be a blob of jello and inside a Alickey Mouse doll, a fixed and radiant star. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It is difficult to imagine Patria unmarried without a baby on her lap, but Dedd’s memory is playing dolls with the past. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys return moments later with pink booster seats and a pair of blond dolls who look disturbingly like Taylor Metternich. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His father pushed him into the hutch where Travis’s mother kept the china and her doll collection. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z However, the 125th Guards seem to have laughed it off, returning the joke by dropping homemade wooden dolls over men’s airfields. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The dolls stood upright in flimsy cardboard boxes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks of her father and his endless destinations, his suitcase filled with rag dolls and oranges, his voice soothing as leaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She said when she was little, all she could buy were white dolls. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she took three pins, and after dipping them into the new remedy on the stove, she stuck a pin into each doll. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have better things to worry about than your doll,” I burst out. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Have you ever seen a doll full of sap blow her nose? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Smiling, the girl holding the sock doll walked to the family. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z You have to be a child to know how wonderful is a store window filled with dolls and sleds and other toys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could lose myself playing with my dolls any day of the week, imagining a fabulous life for them with their cool clothes and ever-changing hairdos. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When he got hold of the things, he took them along to the room with the dolls, locking it behind him and removing the key, whenever he left. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If only I’d stopped to put her stupid doll in my backpack like she’d asked me to, then she wouldn’t have dropped it. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He had two other things to take along to the room with the dolls. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then, using its large snout to lift her off the ground and into the air, it caught her, throwing her over its shoulder like a rag doll. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The dolls’ tea party was where she had left it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Sitting on the floor, Eva played with her set of colorful nesting dolls, removing one hollowed-out and brightly painted doll from inside the other, while everyone waited for someone to speak. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z No toys for kids, no dolls, no distractions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And to be thought of as a likely replacement for a doll offended him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z And then one day at dusk, right before he closed the shop, Lucius Clarke placed another doll on the shelf next to Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The thick eyeliner made us look like raccoons; the bright circles of rouge on our cheeks made us look like dolls. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her clear stare fixed me to the spot and made me forget the dolls. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood the Barbie on the table and raised one of the doll's arms and pulled the other out so that the doll was frozen in the pose of the Spanish dancers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I dug the little yellow box of worry dolls out of my bag and dumped them onto the desktop. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The dollhouse had two teeny wooden rockers with a little doll sitting in each: one with light brown hair like mine, and the other with pitch-black hair like Mom’s. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I took a clean apron and Ruth’s doll with me to Lady Seymour’s house. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally laid down to sleep, I set Ruth’s doll beside my head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise, they looked like babushka nesting dolls with red and yellow scarves around sad faces. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Did you know they have doll holders in the stalls?” she asks. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Kit could see the little wooden doll, its arms sticking stiffly into the air, bobbing helplessly in the water a few feet away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Angel grabbed the doll and huddled on the steps a moment, tearful and throbbing, trying to figure out how to get past Jordan without getting hit again. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were six tiny dolls that looked like stick figures, with ink dots for eyes and mouths. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She put a plastic doll’s cup every foot or so, at the edge of the well, and she weighed each cup down with water from the jug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z When he was old enough to know better, he didn’t play with dolls anymore. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He picked up a doll and used her dress to wipe his nose. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In our village there are very few boys of an age to climb trees for birds’ nests, or girls stomping self-importantly down the road with a sibling clutched sideways like an oversized rag doll. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With Christmas approaching, upon an impulse I bought for Malcolm X’s two oldest daughters two large dolls, with painted brown complexions, the kind of dolls that would “walk” when held by the left hand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Javier used to steal my micro dolls when he was mad at me and hide them in the creosote bush. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were lifelike, but I did not recognize the likeness of the clay dolls as anyone I knew. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he got cranky, he liked to lay hands on a gun, like a child seeking the comfort of a favored doll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Well, if it wasn’t a doll in the water, what was it?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z So began the making of the doll for the little girl. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She started combing out her rag doll’s hair and watched Naima erase the stone. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Tinker Bell was still held in Basta’s fingers like a broken doll. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “You don’t know Sarah Ruth. She’s my sister. She’s sick. She had her a baby doll made out of china. She loved that baby doll. But he broke it. “He broke it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I watched as she pulled the crocheted dress onto the creepy doll. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The tiny men—they were no larger than medium-sized dolls—had stopped what they were doing, and now they were staring back across the river at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The men turned her around like a doll, and then the strange procession moved up the broad walk toward the school, and the child was even more a mite because the men were so big. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I see you fling your beloved doll at the driver to defend me from danger. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But when we opened the box, one of the arms had come off, and all the doll did, no matter which button you pushed, was squeak. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A doll sits in a rocker, and a teddy bear rests against a lace pillow on the bed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Bailey told me to sit outside and play with my doll baby, and he went in and the flap closed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the window of the red cab the driver’s head was bouncing like the head of a doll on a spring. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Adele had my dolls, dresses— everything that mattered—so I was confident I would be leaving any day. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She made adorable squirrel dolls for the children in hopes of teaching them to think of squirrels as beloved pets, but they joyously gnawed the dolls to pieces. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z "You're riding 'race' again. But how do they feel about the dolls?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It could be hiding right now in a piece of wood or inside one of your dolls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Matryoshka dolls. I got them in Moscow. You can play with them, if you want. No one will mind.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad would give us a bag of marbles or a doll or a slingshot that had been marked way down in an after-Christmas sale. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “She already talks to her dead doll. Do we really want to hear about her dead mother?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I am a delicate doll poised inside a snow globe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A yellow blanket covering me and my cloth doll, Maya. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Jemima? Pinky? Primrose?” and she served each doll a slice of invisible cake on an invisible plate, chattering happily as she did so. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The boys are still grousing that the bits of red dress don’t look like hearts till Billy tells them if they don’t want to play football go home and play with their sisters’ dolls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She was undressing her doll, prising the skirt off the plastic body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “When you’re my age”—Leslie gave a little sigh—“you just don’t play with paper dolls anymore. My grandmother sent me these. You know how it is, grandmothers just forget you’re growing up.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “This is a shop for dolls. Not rabbits.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z When she was done, she picked up her doll, then dropped it with a sigh by the side of the bed she shared with Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “A bunch of people were killed at a wedding. Everyone dead, torn apart like rag dolls. Blue fire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Your arm swung back, and with all your might, you flung your hard wooden doll at him. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hagen helped stuff my clothes, dolls, and sleeping bag into large plastic garbage bags. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I rolled over onto my tummy and hugged her tight, not caring that the girls at school would make fun of me even more if they knew I played with dolls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dicey thought they looked like two little dolls in a dollhouse, lying there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was no doll with black hair, let alone a face that looked anything like Monique’s. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Wish I had a sister to jump rope with and sew doll clothes and hug for warmth in the middle of the night. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She whispered, “Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling inside us, like the littler Russian dolls.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey added, “Yes. Close it. You’re supposed to be playing with our doll baby.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my shoes toward me and quickly buckled them on, then took a deep breath, rose to my feet, grabbed Ruth’s doll off my bed, and opened the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord, he wished a million times he’d never helped buy that stupid doll. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I hesitate, then put the doll with the other items in the crate and bring it all up to the man in the knit cap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He hit the ground and lay sprawled in the weeds like a broken doll. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z All the hate was out in the crowd, he thought, screaming for blood, for a knockout, and the crowd didn't really care who flopped over like a rag doll, Griffin, Rivera, Brooks, anybody. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Filled with pricey dolls in fancy costumes, it didn’t look like the headquarters of a spy ring. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They usually spent the entire day in the attic, playing dolls and giggling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We remembered Mrs. Breedlove knocking Pecola down and soothing the pink tears of the frozen doll baby that sounded like the door of our icebox. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The stuffing in one doll was something like black sand, spilling out as we lifted it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Sandi pointed to the basket in which the dancer was rearranging the rejected dolls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I’ll make you another doll, I promise, but not tonight. Want me to sing to you?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed the smiling doll to him as if this tiny memento embodied the hopes and fears of everyone in the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Gran had breathed into that doll, for me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He stared at the wall—he couldn’t stand to look at that doll anymore. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not at the airport! I’m in a weird horror-movie B&B, where the dolls talk.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z You may also want to look up "reborn dolls!" Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes I stayed in my own room with my Raggedy Ann doll, who I called Mellie, my other stuffed animals, and my books. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was the pale blond of a porcelain doll. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He drives the horse himself, but now he is getting out, telling that dressed-up doll of a black boy to put his horse up for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously I had forfeited my place in heaven forever, and I was as gutless as the doll I had ripped to pieces ages ago. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One was suddenly gripping under the body of the van, and something was dragging me, swinging my legs around like a rag doll’s, till they hit the tire of the tan car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mundín fared much better, I thought, with a see-through doll whose top half lifted off. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He threw him like a rag doll into the sharp edges of the picnic tables, knocking the skip tracer out in a single blow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was shot in midair and flopped to the ground floor like a rag doll. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It was as though she had gone away, leaving a breathing doll to conceal her absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By those mementos I’d found under the floorboard—the Wiggle King lure, the Liberty Head silver dollar, Shady’s cork, and the tiny nesting doll—I was connected to this place and those people. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They turn left, then right, until they reach the steps of the cathedral, where a third doll waits, dressed in black, one arm raised. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hard to believe, isn’t it? I recall you pummeled me once when I stole Polly’s doll.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma’d gone and put little ribbons on the end of each plait and had made the doll a blue dress and a red apron. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Deepu Aunty gave it to me when I was two, so I called the doll Dee to remind me of her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She looked like rag dolls I had seen Doctor Korczak’s orphan girls carry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Then I became competitive in school and had no time for dolls. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I take one of my old dolls and put it where my head would be. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I once got one of those electronic dolls for Christmas. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z With the tip of her painted fingernail, the dancer salesgirl showed the miniature castanets the doll was holding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He went up on to the second landing, and along the corridor, into the room with the dolls. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mom said it was a “limited-edition, special collector’s edition” doll of Anne of Green Gables, my favorite book. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I found one of my doll’s shoes under the bed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She handed me the doll from my childhood, the one our mother made for each of us. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He turned to Bailey and I looked at the side of his face; he was so unreal to me I felt as if I were watching a doll talk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern had a monkey doll in her arms and was eating Crackerjack. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “An old cork and a tiny wooden baby doll, no bigger than a thimble and all painted up in bright colors.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I choose my doll, once lent to a neighbor who left it outside, where mice bit her left cheek and right thumb. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Did you get the doll I sent you?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Zalmay gave the dolls an odd look when he saw their purchase, but he was too excited about his own gift to ask why Fadi had chosen a bunch of Barbies. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In the Anansi tales, Gum Baby was a doll Anansi used to trap an African fairy while he was on a quest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It would be cold, as it always was, and Frankie would be waiting in the washing room like a wax doll, gray and shrunken. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On top of that, there are porcelain dolls on doilies on nearly every surface of the house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The molting pink feathers are tawdry as carnival dolls and some of the starry sequins have come off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And the cleft lip, just left of midline, where the Chinese doll maker’s instrument may have slipped, or perhaps he had simply grown tired and careless. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You sure did, Lanesha. Me, a baby doll. Hah! Go on, now. I can take care of myself. Me, a baby doll.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The tables are covered in statues of saints, colorful candles, black dolls in fancy dresses, crystal bowls of candy, bottles of perfume, and the shimmery gold and yellow colors that flavor the whole place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Everybody knows Max loves you, Stefi,” says Helena, stroking the hair of her doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They might look quietly at their paper dolls, but they must not make anything new for them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see it back there, innocent and beribboned, like a child’s doll: irretrievable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t care if he wanted to wear jeans instead of skirts, or play with trucks instead of dolls. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She held her doll in one hand and her own thin braid in the other. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Bob scooped her up like a rag doll. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then the doors of all the houses opened simultaneously, and out came women like a row of paper dolls. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It had begun with Christmas and the gift of dolls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The aux slides me along the wall to a niche in the battlements and shoves me through, holding me by my neck above the dunes like a child with a rag doll. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Or we’d work on the little shoebox dolls we were making out of matchsticks and bits of fabric. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You leave that doll on the steps?” he roared. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She collected scabs as other girls collect dolls, and would say anything that came into her head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Four hands clamped around Henry’s neck, shaking Henry’s head like a rag doll, twisting it this way and that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “In-sense,” the Kid said and he threw the crayon box we were using for incense right into the manger and busted the doll’s head again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the leg flops down like the legs of my old rag doll from Cuba. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There were a bunch of dolls and other things on the mantel, and the floors were filled with little rugs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother, who stuffs thimbles in her mouth and then blows up her cheeks like Dizzy Gillespie while sewing yet another Raggedy Ann doll that she names Suzette after me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Even though I really was too old for a doll, I was glad to have it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A male doll with a small painted chicken bone stuck between its legs and a round red circle painted on its belly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the time we stood by your bed, your own body was as stiff as a wooden doll’s and it was too late. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In the bedroom I notice my rag doll is missing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Our dolls were lumpy and amorphous, fun to cuddle up with in bed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The mother lay like a broken doll on the floor, paying no attention to them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I had not slept without my dolls in years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On either side of us were all these girl dolls, smiling, dressed in pink-and-white gowns. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The doll I’m making is for you, it said. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Four bits of a broken doll: one blue eye and half an eyebrow, a bit with a curl of black hair attached, an ear, and a hand with perfect tiny fingernails; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Veronica Lake book is paper doll cutouts, with Veronica Lake in her bathing suit and dozens of outfits you can stick onto her with tabs that fold around her neck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “She didn’t mean it. She going through a lot, that’s all. King throwing Iesha around like a rag doll every single night.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The girls' dolls lay scattered by the sofa; the groceries Parvin picked up this afternoon rested in burlap sacks in the kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She got her old baby doll in the kitchen, the one she call Claudia, with the painted-on hair and the eyes that close. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I seized on this opportunity to complain about my dolls being locked in the shed, and she said she would see what she could do. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When I followed them to the mall, they stopped outside Zimmerman’s Pet Store and all thousand of them got out, holding hands and two-dimensional, like cutout accordion dolls. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was like looking into the plain eyes of a toy doll. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He repeated the old doll’s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “See, it’s a good thing you had those worry dolls with you, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Charon was poling us across a dark, oily river, swirling with bones, dead fish, and other, stranger things—plastic dolls, crushed carnations, soggy diplomas with gilt edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When they had cooled she dressed the three dolls with scraps of cloth which she took from her black bag. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Grown-ups never fought, and every child had all the dolls and toys they ever wanted.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Joyce Ann was lying on her bed screaming because she had yanked the string out of her talking doll and it was no longer talking. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z His doll fell to the rushes, and he pressed himself against his mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Ridge warrior’s frown turned into a gasp when the doll touched the adinkra to the side of her head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z |
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