Dream Sister - Softcover

Whitaker, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440401569 ISBN 13: 9780440401568

Publisher: Yearling, 1989

Synopsis

Skeeter battles to avoid impending disaster when her pen pal Terry, to who she has revealed her deepest secrets--including her fabulous but imaginary love life--writes to say that she is moving to Skeeter's hometown

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6 Ten-year-old Ann, bright and accelerated in school, feels unwarranted pressure to achieve and to become famous. On the floor of her wardrobe is THE PILE, all the unfinished projects she's begun in order to find the field in which she'll excell. Ann's other problems include her lack of friends at school and her younger sister, Isabelle, whom she often bullies (although she does have pangs of guilt at times). Ann begins to have a recurring dream that involves a young gypsy-like girl and a carnival. She finally realizes that the "dream sister" is really Isabelle, who deserves Ann's "recognition and affection." She also comes to the realization that she is, after all, just a child who should have a child's, not an adult's, concerns. The portrayal of the imperfect relationship between siblings is one of the strong plot elements. Fitting in less successfully are the dream sequences. However, the light touch of humor should keep readers interested. Rita S. Padden, Wenatchee Public Library, Wash.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Although a year ahead of herself in school, 10-year-old Ann feels like a failure. Knowing that all famous people started young, she begins grandiose projects, but they all end up in "THE PILE" at the bottom of her closet. To make matters worse, she can't refrain from tormenting her overwhelmingly cute five-year-old sister Isabelle. Ann has recurring dreams of a little girl calling out to her, which she welcomes after a gypsy tells her they could be a message from the spirit world. But Ann discovers that the girl in the dream is Isabelle, and the message is to accept herself and Isabelle as the children that they are; there's time enough to be an adult later. This imaginative yet sensible first novel should appeal to preteens beset by siblings and by the pressures of impending adulthood.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yearling
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0440401569
• ISBN 13: 9780440401568
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160