But what did I REALLY ACTUALLY do with her?" It ends up being a hilarious, true-to-life portrait of childhood. Oh! Where did I put Cherry? I gave her to Mrs. It's basically summed up in this (awesome) part from the book: "I tiptoe downstairs and into the dark living room. Dory faces the real issues of dealing with the teasing of her siblings and the imagined issues of surviving the exploits of a nefarious witch named Mrs. Told from Dory's perspective, the reader is placed in a world half-real and half-imagined. And when they really need her, daring Dory will prove her bravery, and finally get exactly what she has been looking for. Her siblings may roll their eyes at her childish games, but Dory has lots of things to do: outsmarting the monsters all over the house, escaping from prison (aka time-out), and exacting revenge on her sister’s favorite doll. But she’s too much of a baby for them, so she’s left to her own devices-including her wild imagination and untiring energy. More than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. Themes: imagination, family relationships, imaginary friends, humorĪs the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention.
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