Dream Boyby Madelyn Rosenberg and Mary CrockettRelease Date: 07/01/14Sourcebooks FireSummary from Goodreads:Annabelle Manning feels like she’s doing time at her high school in Chilton, Virginia. She has her friends at her lunchtime table of nobodies. What she doesn’t have are possibilities. Or a date for Homecoming. Things get more interesting at night, when she spends time with the boy of her dreams. But the blue-eyed boy with the fairytale smile is just that—a dream. Until the Friday afternoon he walks into her chemistry class.
One of friends suspects he’s an alien. Another is pretty sure it’s all one big case of deja vu. While Annabelle doesn’t know what to think, she’s willing to believe that the charming Martin Zirkle may just be her dream come true. But as Annabelle discovers the truth behind dreams—where they come from and what they mean—she is forced to face a dark reality she had not expected. More than just Martin has arrived in Chilton. As Annabelle learns, if dreams can come true, so can nightmares.
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Advanced Praise:
“Dream
Boy explores the mysterious world of dreams, where we access our deepest
desires…the authors expertly weave fantasy and the real world in a perfect
blend.”
--
Erica Orloff, author of In Dreams
"Eerie,
twisty, fast and funny, Dream Boy will forever change the way you see your
dreams--and your nightmares. An exciting, imaginative look at what might happen
when people from the corners of your mind suddenly show up in your real
life."
--
Lois Metzger, author of A Trick of the Light
Reviews:
“The
perfect book to add to your summer reading list. An awesome balance of love,
humor and action, this new read may just be your dream come true!” – GirlsLife
"Hits
the chick-lit and romance buttons, adding suspense and an intriguing idea as
well for nicely rounded entertainment." -- Kirkus Review
"An
original, twisty paranormal romance." -- Booklist
“Five
stars... Perfect writing, perfect characters … perfect plot.” -- Paperback
Wonderland
“Dream Boy skillfully and creatively tackles the common theme of good and bad dreams coming alive.... The writing is tight and well-paced, and nicely balances action with Annabelle’s character development as she tries to unravel the mysteries of... her dreams. Her teenage voice is spot on: unsure of herself, but spirited, with a sarcasm that masquerades as confidence. The plot twists and moves in unexpected yet fascinating directions." -- The Roanoke Times
“Dream Boy skillfully and creatively tackles the common theme of good and bad dreams coming alive.... The writing is tight and well-paced, and nicely balances action with Annabelle’s character development as she tries to unravel the mysteries of... her dreams. Her teenage voice is spot on: unsure of herself, but spirited, with a sarcasm that masquerades as confidence. The plot twists and moves in unexpected yet fascinating directions." -- The Roanoke Times
Excerpt:
I’ve
always been a dreamer. Daydreams. Night dreams. Dreams of grandeur and dreams
of escape. If I were an onion and you peeled back the papery outside, you’d
find layer after layer of eye-watering dreams. And in the center, where there’s
that little curlicue of onion heart? There’d be a puff of smoke from the dreams
that burned away.
It
was all just brain waves, I thought—disconnected, like the notebook that my
friend Talon keeps. She draws a line down the middle of the page; on the right
she writes everything she remembers about a dream, and on the left she puts
notes about the stuff that’s happening in real life, things that might trigger
her subconscious. Reality on one side, dreams on the other—a clear line between
the two.
But
it turns out there are no clear lines, just a jumble of what is and what might
be. And all of it is real.
~
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Mary Crockett likes turtles, licorice, and the Yankees. Madelyn Rosenberg
likes cats, avocados, and the Red Sox. Luckily they both like the weirdness of
dreams (and each other) enough to write novels together. The friendship has
survived three moves, six kids and countless manuscript revisions. Madelyn
lives just outside of Washington, D.C. Mary remains in the mountains near their
hometowns in southwestern Virginia.
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