Emily+L's+book+report

Date: 11/30/09 __ **Book Report** __

**Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report.** **1.** ** What is the title of your book and who is the author?** __The Runaway Dolls__ by Ann M. Martin **__2__.** ** Name and describe two main characters.** Annabele Doll- is a dolls that worries over little things but she like to have a adventure.she is a antique doll. Tiffant Funcraft-is a doll that isn 't afraid like annabele ,and she is made of plastic. **3.** **Write a sumymary of your book.** In this story __The Runaway Dolls__ by Ann M. Martin there are two doll families their owners were on vacation, so now they could run around the house. The doll family lives in kate Palmers room. One day Annabele and Tiffany went in the living room, and found a box from the doll maker that made Annabele and her family. They herd a tiny voice and it turns out there is a doll in there her name was Tilly May. Annabele thinks its her sister. Her parents said leave it alone till the Palmers got to open it even though there was a chance that they will send it back.Annabele couldn' t take it if Tilly May got shiped back to England. So Tiffany, Annabele, and Tilly May Ranaway from home. When they got to the cat door Annabele had secound thoughts but then changed her mind. Once they got outside they went into a boys wagon. The wagon was going into the woods ,so they get out of the wagon. It was to late to turn back they were deep in the woods. All of a sudden Tilly May is missing then Annabele and Tiffany see their brothers Bobby and Bailey holding Tilly May. Then they all go into the woods more, but they end up staying in the woods for a night. They hear all sorts of animals Annabele gets scared. After that night in the morning they kept walking till they came to a city. It was very crowded then they jumped into a baby carage basket.

Then they jump out and their in a store and a women that works there put them in a toy department. Then it was night time and all the dolls were out. Then a few night pass until a girl all most bought Annabele but she was being a brat ,so her mom slamed Annabele down and broke her hand and then left. After that she got sent to the doll hospital. That night Annabele saw Mean Mimi she was a evil doll. But this time she was broken. Mean Mimi sayed that she had a broken leg ,so she thinks Annabele should have a Broken leg too. Then Mean Mimi sends her leg aming it at Annabeles leg, But it didn' t work. After that Mean Mimi was Frozen for the rest of the night. Annabele saw some of her friends from the toy department that was Broken too. They all see the fixing sheet for Annabele and what one of the things there was die her Green hair a normal color. What they did was rewrite it because Annabele couldn' t go back to the Palmers house without her green hair. In the morning the lady fixed Annabeles hand. and got put back. Later that night all the dolls were out and then in the morning Annabele, Tiffany, Tilly May, bobby, and Bailey didn 't go back were they were. in the mourning they snuck into the Palmers neighbors purse and went home. When they came to the house they jumped out of the purse and into the cat door. They went up the stars to go to the dolls house, but only Nanny was there she said,After you were gone for a while the rest of the dolls went to go look for you and they have not returned. then they went out to look for the rest of their families. They looked every were until the found them in doll state all still.

A little while later they all woke up from doll state and went back to their houses.​ after that Annabele, Tiffany, Bailey, and Bobby got in trouble for runing away. Then it was time to put Tilly May back in the package. After that the Palmers came home and a little while later they opened the package and Brought Tilly may up to the Dolls house. Annabele was happy that Tilly May did not get sent back to England. Annabele and Tiffany learned that it is not good to runaway even though she was mad.

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**Big Question #1** **Did you like your book?**
I liked my book because it was a adventure and a mystery book. **Big Question #2: What would make this book better?** As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. The book could be better if it had more details and descriptoins. The inportant thing I think that the author is trying to tell you, is its not a good thing to runaway from home even if you don' t get what you want.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?** This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about.

**Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this?** Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something? I think the auther wrote the story cause it was just for fun.

**Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?** In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book? There is not much to understand it but you would understand some of the parts if you read the other two books in the sequal.