num_pages: 160
description: Twelve-year-old Amy is having difficulties at home being responsible for her brain-damaged sister, Louann. While visiting her Aunt Clare at the old family home, she discovers an eerily-haunted dollhouse in the attic-an exact replica of the family home. Whenever she sees it, the dolls, representing her relatives, have moved. Her aunt won't listen to Amy's claims that the dolls are trying to tell her something. This leads Amy to research old news reports where she discovers a family secret-the murder of her grandparents. The two sisters unravel the mystery. Amy grows to accept her sister and to understand that Louann is more capable than she had first thought.
language: English
title: The Dollhouse Murders
titlecomplete: The Dollhouse Murders
characters: Amy Baker, Aunt Clare
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Juvenile, Horror, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Paranormal, Childrens, Ghosts, Fantasy
ratings_count: 8712
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Iowa Children's Choice Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic