![]() ![]() Vicky does manage to resume her normal life and the dollhouse moves on to another family - I wonder what will happen to them? A Reader's Guide at the back of the book suggests discussion questions and activities related to this spooky story. ![]() She wonders what sinister plan the dolls have for her - and how can she possibly escape? Later, she notices a hidden doorway, that gives access to a cobwebbed attic. They blame her for how they are, and she flees their malevolence. ' You are small and helpless now, I see' says the aunt. The dolls aren't happy with her - she's made their lives miserable. Back in her room, she feels dizzy, closes her eyes, and wakes up to find herself inside the dollhouse. Then comes the day when Vicky's mother slaps her over a bad report card. Oddly her mother falls and breaks her hand, then begins to bully Vicky's father and to scold and nag her about her performance at school. The dolls begin to squabble, especially after Vicky becomes unhappy at school and at home. She buys a miniature toddler, sets him down with the other dolls, and begins to play roughly with them. ![]() It's large, impossible to ignore and includes a mother and father, another woman (an aunt?) and a little girl. But her oblivious parents give her an antique doll's house instead. Vicky wants a new ten-speed bike for her birthday. ![]()
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