Amys Eyes
by Richard Kennedy
Category: Young Adult Fiction

Amy's eyes are blue as the ocean and bright as buttons. In fact, they are buttons, for Amy is a doll. Once she was a flesh-and-blood orphan child at St. Anne's Home for Girls. But her beloved sailor doll turned into a real little man and went off to seek his fortune, becoming Captain of the frigate Ariel. So Amy pined away and-behold! She turning into a doll herself."Why, this means that almost anything could happen!" says the Captain upon his return.And almost anything does, as the two set out on the Ariel with a crew that includes rabbits, dogs, cats, monkeys, and other animals (who were all once dolls themselves) on a dangerous quest for gold treasure. This new edition of Amy's Eyes enhances the original text with more than 100 illustrations, adding a whole new dimension to the reading experience. The first edition received widespread positive reviews; Kirkus Review described it as "a treasure hunt of true and false clues and intriguing puzzles, and reads like a breeze".