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Review: Wake by Lisa McMann

Paperback, 224 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse Released: Dec 23 2008 ISBN: 978-1416974475 Recommended for: all YA readers Teaser quote: Carrie sits up in her sleeping bag and screams. Janie screams too, but it catches in her throat. Her voice is horse. Her fingers are numb. Her body shakes from the nightmare. My rating: 4 /5 My thoughts: Ever since Janie was a kid, she knew she was different. When in close enough proximity to someone who’s sleeping, she gets sucked into their dreams (or nightmares). She finds it frustrating to be only an observer. Since discovering her “talent”, she can’t enjoy sleepovers and is even finding school hard now that she’s older and people are falling asleep in class! When Caleb comes into her life, he is exactly what she needs. As he learns more about her ability, he shows … Read entire article »

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Review: Wake by Lisa McMann

Product DetailsSimon Pulse, March 2008Hardcover, 224 pagesISBN-10: 1416953574ISBN-13: 9781416953579Ages: 14 and upGrades: 9 and up From the Publisher; Not all dreams are sweet. For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime. She can’t tell anybody about what she does — they’d never believe her, or worse, they’d think she’s a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn’t want and can’t control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else’s twisted psyche. She is a participant…. I was fortunate enough to hear about this and snag … Read entire article »

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