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Elizabeth and her family have moved from one side of the country (British Columbia) to Ontario for her fathers work, he is in the Canadian Military. After this move he will be deploying overseas to Afganistan. She and her father enjoy looking for little knickknacks at garage sales. With this in mind she finds her dad what she thinks will be a fantastic birthday present, a small little wooden doll that has been painted to look like a soldier. This doll is a special doll which might be what inspired a poem written by a women after her fiance went off to war. She and a boy that she met at the local book store with the help of her dad begin to research and unravel the story of the doll and figure out all the hands that it has passed through slowly figuring out the origin of the doll. The book jumps between the different owners of the doll as Elizabeth finds out the pieces of the puzzle. When they find out who the original owner is they make plans to meet there when her father is on leave in the middle of the deployment. This plan is derailed however when she comes home and finds out that her father has been killed in the line of duty. However her and her mother still go on the journey to meet the original owner.
This book would appeal to girls that are in Jr High (grades 7-9) and High School (10-11). It is dealing with something that many young people never thought they would have to deal with. If their parents are in the military deployment and postings have been come more and more prevalent in the past few years. However I feel like there should be some sort of warning that the father will pass away. It would be helpful for the librarian who might be suggesting the book for someone to read to know that the father who is being deployed is killed in action. Many people who are dealing with deployment this is a very real worry for them and might make them worry even more.
Rating: 4/5
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