A Newbery Award winner Most dolls lead a comfortable but unadventurous life. 

This was true of Miss Hickory until the fateful day that her owner, Ann, moves from her New Hampshire home to attend school in Boston--leaving Miss Hickory behind. 

For a small doll whose body is an apple-wood twig and whose head is a hickory nut, the prospect of spending a New Hampshire winter alone is frightening indeed. 

In this classic modern day fairy tale, what's a doll to do?