num_pages: 128
description: From ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, the haunting tale of a mysterious doll discovered in a young girl's garden, and its owner, a girl from seventy years in the past, who wants it back.A suspenseful story of unexpected connections between present and past. Ashley and her mother need their new apartment to work out, but everything Ashley does seems to upset the irritable and unforgiving landlady. When Ashley makes friends with the girl next door, Kristi, they uncover a wooden box containing a well-loved turn-of-the-century doll. Ashley wants to keep the doll for herself, but Kristi has other ideas. So does the doll's original owner, a girl who died decades ago, but whom Ashley meets when she follows a mysterious white cat through a hedge. Can Ashley bring peace to the girl and resolve her own present-day challenges? 
language: English
title: The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story
titlecomplete: The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult, Ghost Stories, Childrens, Ghosts, Horror, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 8117
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: Children
publisher: Clarion Books