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When Amy runs away to her Aunt Clare’s house to escape her annoying little sister, Louanne, she made a big mistake. Aunt Clare has a secret dollhouse in the attic that has a mind of it’s own. The dollhouse is just like the house Aunt Clare’s parents were murdered in, and even has dolls that represent the family. Something keeps rearranging the dolls into their positions the night of the murder. Of course, this upsets Aunt Clare, and Amy gets blamed. Will Amy ever prove to Aunt Clare that it wasn’t her moving the dolls?





Problem: Amy wanted to know more about her Grandparents murder, but Aunt Clare wouldn’t tell her. Solution: Amy read old newspaper articles and found out what happened.

Steps: 1. Amy tried to get Aunt Clare to tell her, but it didn’t work. 2. She went to the library to read old newspaper articles that might be about the murder. 3. She kept changing newspapers until she found the right one. 4. Amy reads the article about her grandparents’ murder, and now she knows the truth.

The reading strategy I used while reading this book was making predictions. While using this strategy, I became better at making predictions that might change the story later on. Before, I was just making predictions that were small and unimportant. It also made my comprehension of the story better. The reason why I chose making predictions to be my reading strategy is because this book had a lot of cliffhangers, so I was able to make many predictions. One prediction I made was when Amy went to see the dollhouse again when she was told not to and realized that the dolls had moved again. I predicted that Aunt Clare would think Amy moved them, and Aunt Clare might make Amy go home. Another prediction I made was when Louanne wanted to go to Amy’s party, and I predicted that Louanne would follow Amy back to Aunt Clare’s house and ruin the party. Those were some of the predictions I made for The Dollhouse Murders.