Ship of Dolls
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9780763670030
Pages
272 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In 1927 Japan, after disobeying her parents, eleven-year-old Chiyo is sent to an exclusive boarding school where she feels lonely and homesick until the Friendship Doll exchange with America piques her interest, but a bully stands in her way.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Lexile Measure
670L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Legal guardianship; Single parent; grandparents raising grandchild; single mother
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandmother and grandfather
Awards
Choices, 2015
Magnolia Award, 2016, Nominee
South Carolina Children's Book Award, 2016-2017, Nominee
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
dolls; grandparents; Japan; boarding school; homesickness; letter; San Francisco; contest; flapper
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Parenteau, Shirley, "Ship of Dolls" (2014). Diverse Families. 761.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/761