Selznick’s numerous, softly-shaded pencil drawings, some extending across two pages, greatly enlarge the story.
This intriguing premise sets up the action in this suspenseful addition to the Doll People series. Unwilling to part with her newfound sister, Annabelle runs away, taking her friend Tiffany Funcraft and Tilly May with her. This new member of the Doll Family, though, might put Dollkind in jeopardy. The story concludes with Mean Mimi, still in Permanent Doll State, being taken back to Kate's school where she ends up in the lost and found.編輯推薦 適讀人群 ：8歲及以上 Annabelle Doll is thrilled to discover a five-year-old sister doll, Tilly May, in the mysterious package that arrives just as her owners, the Palmers, leave on vacation. Due to this, Mimi goes into Permanent Doll State, which causes dolls to be unable to return to life due to their risk to all dollkind. Nora, Kate's little sister, sees Mean Mimi jump off Kate's bookshelf in a stunt to expose the life of the other dolls. Mimi tries to wake up Kate so she will know about the mess she made and blame the Annabelle and Tiffany. What they do not know is that Mimi is trying to torture them, too.
They are unaware that Mean Mimi has followed them.Īt the Palmers' house, Mimi pretends to cry and tricks the Dolls and the Funcrafts into letting her stay with them. They plan to return to school and get back into Kate's backpack and then home to their worried families. Mean Mimi tries to boss them around too, but Annabelle and Tiffany escape back into BJ's backpack. The dolls there are being terrorized by a doll named Princess Mimi (called by the toys Mean Mimi). The dolls are taken to BJ's house where they meet Waterfall, Melody, Yvonne, Penny, and Beth, the toys of BJ's sister. It turns out it is really the backpack of a different child, named BJ. There, they explore and eventually get into a backpack they think is Kate's.
They hide in her backpack and get taken to school. The novel revisits The Doll People protagonists Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft as they get into trouble trying to hide from their owner, Kate Palmer. This book is intended for children from ages 8–12.
It was first published in 2003 as the second entry in The Doll People series. Martin and Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick. The Meanest Doll in the World is a children's novel written by Ann M.
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