Grounded

by Klise, Kate (Author)

Daralynn Dolly Oakland gets a job along with her mother at a funeral home. But Dolly's real work begins when a crematorium comes to town, and someone has to save a dying business, solve a burning mystery, and resuscitate the broken hearts in Digginsville, Missouri.

Age Range: From 8 to 11

Format: Hardcover, 196 pages

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, November 2010

Product Dimensions: 8.26 L × 5.9 W × 0.82 H

Publisher Marketing: After her brother, sister, and father die in a plane crash, Daralynn Oakland receives 237 dolls from well-wishers, resulting in her nickname: Dolly. But dolls are little comfort to a twelve-year-old girl whose world is rocked by the dramatic changes in her life, including her angry, grieving mother's new job as a hairstylist at the local funeral home.

Dolly gets a job, too, where she accidentally invents a fashionable new haircut. But her real work begins when a crematorium comes to town, and someone has to save a dying business, solve a burning mystery, and resuscitate the broken hearts in Digginsville, Missouri, population 402.

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