Title
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