Hollow Dolls Books in Order

The Hollow Dolls books take place in the same magical world as MarcyKate Connolly's Shadow Weaver duology, but they tell a new story with a new set of dangers. At the center is Simone, a girl who can read minds. She knows things about nearly everyone she meets, yet the one mind she cannot fully understand is her own. Her memories of where she came from and who she was have been taken from her.

That missing past is not just a private mystery. Once Simone is free to travel, she wants to find a home and learn the truth about herself. Along the way, she encounters something deeply unsettling, a body walker. This is someone who can take control of another person's body, pushing the real person down inside their own mind.

It is a creepy idea, and the series makes the most of it. Simone's gift means that secrets are hard to keep around her, but it also puts her in danger when the people around her have more than one voice inside.

The first book, Hollow Dolls, follows Simone as she starts piecing together her history and realizes that people she cares about may be caught in a much larger threat. Her friendship with Sebastian gives the story warmth, while the mystery keeps turning toward questions of identity, trust, and whether a person can choose who they become.

The danger follows her.

In Lost Island, Simone and her friends pursue clues connected to Maeve, the powerful body walker at the heart of the conflict. An old legend points them toward a hidden island associated with rare magical talents. The journey expands the world and pushes Simone to weigh what she wants from her mother against what might keep her friends safe.

These are middle grade fantasies with a tense, slightly eerie edge. There are magical abilities, hidden archives, shifting identities, and a strong focus on found family. The books work best in order, beginning with Hollow Dolls, because Simone's lost memories and the people around her shape every later choice. Readers who like magic with a mystery at its center will find a story that is as interested in belonging as it is in defeating a villain.