Parenteau weaves in information about the Friendship Dolls so subtly that it never overshadows Lexie’s story an author’s note explains the project in full. In Parenteau’s well-conceived story, transformations come slowly and believably Lexie warms to her grandparents and mischievous neighbor, Jack her grandmother comes through for her in unexpected ways and even her nemesis, a snotty classmate, shows some character. While Lexie encounters more than her share of bad luck, she never stops persevering. Her class has contributed a doll to send to Japan, and when Lexie learns she has a chance to rejoin her mother at a farewell party for the dolls in San Francisco, she’s determined to win that opportunity. Her father dead in a car crash and her insouciant flapper mother remarried, Lexie is struggling to adapt to her new circumstances. children sent more than 12,000 Friendship Dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war, Shirley Parenteau’s engaging story has sure appeal for young readers who enjoy historical fiction, and for doll lovers of all ages. Parenteau ( Bears in the Bath) deftly incorporates the 1926 Friendship Dolls project-in which American children collected and sent more than 12,000 dolls to Japanese children as a gesture of friendship-into the story of 11-year-old Lexie Lewis, who has been sent to live with her strict paternal grandparents in Portland, Ore. Inspired by a project organized by teacher-missionary Sidney Gulick, in which U.S.
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