Zach、Poppy和Alice三人原本是一起玩扮家家酒的好朋友，但他們即將要升上中年級生，Zach的父親說他們已經不是玩娃娃的年紀了，Zazh只好決定要退出玩娃娃的行列，三個人也因此逐漸疏遠了關係。
Poppy卻開始不斷地夢到那個謎樣的陶瓷娃娃「大皇后」，其實是用某位被謀殺的女孩的骨頭做的，他們必須找到娃娃的安息之所，否則後果可能超乎他們的想像。
三人於是開啟了一段未知的旅程，是冒險也是對世界的探索，來到不同的地方，聽見不同的故事。讀者將由這股隱約的恐懼所牽動的好奇心讀完本書，你將發現它除了驚悚元素之外，更給了我們對長大成人這件事深刻的想法與體會。
Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they've been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her.
But they are in middle school now. Zach's father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she's been having dreams about the Queen--and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave.
Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adventure to lay the Queen's ghost to rest. But nothing goes according to plan, and as their adventure turns into an epic journey, creepy things begin to happen. Is the doll just a doll or something more sinister? And if there really is a ghost, will it let them go now that it has them in its clutches?
