Larger	Goldie's Fortune: A Story of the Great Depression (Doll Hospital, Book 2) Author: Joan Holub
	Book Information Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Book Type: Paperback Rating: 4 ISBN-13: 9780439401791 - ISBN-10: 0439401798 Publication Date: 10/1/2002 Pages: 128 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Book Reviews

Sisters Lila and Rose, ages 7 and 10, are spending the year with their eccentric grandmother (who runs a doll hospital) while their parents are working out of the country. The girls are initially unhappyt, but they begin to enjoy themselves when they learn that their grandmother has a special power to "read" the lives of the dolls she is working to restore. In each book in this series, their grandmother tells the girls the story of a different doll.In this book we meet Goldie, the beloved doll of a girl named Eliza whose family lost their fortune during the Great Depression. (cont.)