The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

I did not like this book written by Kate DiCamillo. Once upon a time there was a rabbit, made out of china, named Edward Tulane. He was the doll of a young girl named Abilene. Although the rabbit could not move by himself, he could think. While on an ocean cruise he is thrown overboard by a mischievous boy and is discovered by a fisherman. He continues to be transported to different places and families, and eventually winds up in a toy store.

I found the basic idea of the story, about a toy’s journey throughout the country, to be interesting. A film version is expected to be released in 2010. The one hundred years old doll in the toy shop is likely based off the main character in the 1929 novel Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. The ocean liner the Tulane family travels on is the Queen Mary.