Doll Bones by Holly Black
I try to read all of the Colorado Children's Book Award nominees read over the summer since I spend a fair amount of time promoting them throughout the year. Doll Bones is my first of the 2015 nominees. A fun, creepy, bittersweet read about a group of friends and their quest to learn more about a porcelain doll that appears to be haunted. While the mystery drives the action, at the heart of this book is a story about friends, growing up, and changing. Zach, Alice, and Poppy are 12. They have been playing an imaginative, story driven game (the game) forever, but as they get older, they are changing, pursuing other interests, and wondering about continuing a game they have loved, yet feels like it's in solidly little-kid territory. This is a book with a lot of heart (and pang-in-your-heart), full of difficult conversations, true friendships, and enough creepy to keep the pages turning.
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