Dream Journal - Hardcover

Halvorsen Schreck, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423101057 ISBN 13: 9781423101055

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion, 2006

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Livy Moore, shutting herself off from the world to deal with her mother's illness, must learn to face her grief and seek comfort in her friends when an ill-fated crush leads to disaster and her mother's condition takes a turn for the worse.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Halvorsen Schreck is the author of Dream Journal and Lucy’s Family Tree, which was chosen as an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians. She lives with her family in Illinois.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 7-10–Livy Moore, 16, is best friends with Ruth, the pastor's kid, but has been neglecting the friendship since her mother became terminally ill. Ruth decides to playfully kidnap Livy and take her for a ride along with Gil, football player extraordinaire; his sister Jackie; Charlie, inseparable from Gil and also the running back; and Ed, a benchwarmer who's a bit goofy but has a great heart. They attend a party, get drunk, go home, and come together the next day to go to the Goodlove Forest preserve. Guys crashed cars there, girls got pregnant, and nobody went there for the nature walks. Tragedy strikes, and Livy must now deal with not shutting herself off from the rest of the world again. What makes this story so strong are the moments in which the teen remembers being with her mother before she was sick and the dream journal that opens each chapter and reflects on her feelings. The relationship with her father grows believably stronger at the end of the novel. Teens who have recently lost someone close to them, or know that it's about to happen, will appreciate this sincere and thoughtful novel.–Kelly Czarnecki, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, NC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1423101057
• ISBN 13: 9781423101055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256