| Vendor | |
|---|---|
|
Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Annelie Geissler |
| Categories | |
| Weblink | |
| allymalinenko.com | |
BROKEN DOLLS
One. Two. Three. Are you ready to play?
Ever since Kaye's grandfather died, she's been obsessed with counting things: the steps to her bedroom, the dolls on her sister's bed, even the threads on her favorite blanket. It's arithmomania, and with the selective mutism that sometimes prevents her from speaking, she literally can't find the words to talk about how she feels now that Grampa is gone. When they take the summer to clean out and renovate his old house, Kaye finds herself counting the days.
That is, until her younger sister, Holly, starts finding dolls. She finds them buried in the backyard, stuffed in the walls, crammed into the closets. From the first one, Kaye knows they aren't like normal dolls. They smile at her like they know something, and sometimes their eyes open and close on their own. Kaye hears her sister talking to them constantlyand she swears she's heard the dolls whispering back.
Everyone assumes that Holly's just a kid with a good imagination. Kaye doesn't think it's a game, because she knows that Hollyand the dollsare going to make her play with them. Forever.
Ally Malinenko, a long time Brooklyn resident, works as a research librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch which has more floors underground than above a fact that actually found its way into Palimpsest! Her previous work includes the poetry books The Wanting Bone (Six Gallery Press), How to be An America (Six Gallery Press) and Better Luck Next Year (Low Ghost Press) as well as the children's fantasy Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb (Antenna Books) and the YA novel This Is Sarah (Bookfish Books). In an alternate dimension she's a phenomenal chess player but unfortunately she lives in this one.
That is, until her younger sister, Holly, starts finding dolls. She finds them buried in the backyard, stuffed in the walls, crammed into the closets. From the first one, Kaye knows they aren't like normal dolls. They smile at her like they know something, and sometimes their eyes open and close on their own. Kaye hears her sister talking to them constantlyand she swears she's heard the dolls whispering back.
Everyone assumes that Holly's just a kid with a good imagination. Kaye doesn't think it's a game, because she knows that Hollyand the dollsare going to make her play with them. Forever.
Ally Malinenko, a long time Brooklyn resident, works as a research librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch which has more floors underground than above a fact that actually found its way into Palimpsest! Her previous work includes the poetry books The Wanting Bone (Six Gallery Press), How to be An America (Six Gallery Press) and Better Luck Next Year (Low Ghost Press) as well as the children's fantasy Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb (Antenna Books) and the YA novel This Is Sarah (Bookfish Books). In an alternate dimension she's a phenomenal chess player but unfortunately she lives in this one.
| Available products |
|---|
|
Book
Published by on submission |
|
Book
Published 2025-09-30 by HarperCollins |