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Bitter Bones

by Lindsay Puckett Publisher: SCHOLASTIC

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A search for the truth behind a toy maker’s disappearance

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A search for the truth behind a toy maker’s disappearance

Eight years after his mother, an infamous toy maker, vanished, Clay receives a cryptic plea for help that unsettles the story he has told himself about her disappearance. His investigation brings him into contact with doll collectors, online urban legends, and a figure known as the Button-Eyed Man. Dolls and rumors of hauntings anchor this horror premise, while Clay’s determination to find his mother drives the search into increasingly dangerous territory.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For ages 9–12, as identified in the supplied metadata.
  • For young readers interested in horror involving dolls, hauntings, and urban legends.
  • For readers drawn to mysteries centered on a missing family member and a determined search.

Themes

Family separationDolls and hauntingsOnline urban legendsDetermination

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Book overview

Bitter Bones is Holly Black's DOLL BONES meets J.A. White's NIGHTBOOKS, with all the fun and creepiness of K.R. Alexander.

 

Clay knows deep down in his bones that his mother was NOT killed by her dolls.An infamous toy maker, she disappeared eight years ago, sparking rumors of hauntings and creations come to life.

 

But to Clay, his mom is just your average runaway.

 

At least until her cryptic plea for help arrives, one that sends Clay on a twisted investigation exposing creepy, cult-like doll collectors, disturbing online urban legends, and a mysterious figure following Clay's every move only known as the Button-Eyed Man.

 

Clay won't abandon his mom like she did to him--he'll leave no road untaken to bring her back.

 

Even if that road is paved with his own bones.

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