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| Title | : | Dreamland |
| Author | : | Sarah Dessen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 250 pages |
| Published | : | May 11th 2004 by Speak (first published September 1st 2000) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Romance. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Sociology. Abuse |
Sarah Dessen
Paperback | Pages: 250 pages Rating: 3.91 | 72226 Users | 4193 Reviews
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There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.Wake up, Caitlin
Ever since she started going out with Rogerson Biscoe, Caitlin seems to have fallen into a semiconscious dreamland where nothing is quite real. Rogerson is different from anyone Caitlin has ever known. He's magnetic. He's compelling. He's dangerous. Being with him makes Caitlin forget about everything else--her missing sister, her withdrawn mother, her lackluster life. But what happens when being with Rogerson becomes a larger problem than being without him?
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| Original Title: | Dreamland |
| ISBN: | 0142401757 (ISBN13: 9780142401750) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.sarahdessen.com/dreamland |
| Characters: | Caitlin O'Koren, Rogerson Biscoe, Boo Connel |
| Setting: | Lakeview, North Carolina(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2001), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2003) |
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Ratings: 3.91 From 72226 Users | 4193 ReviewsAssess Containing Books Dreamland
*This review (and more) can also be found on my blog: The Humble Watermelon*What makes Sarah Dessen's books so special is the fact that you feel like you can actually relate to the characters. Also, the plots are almost always the same, complete with a girl, a boy, and some romance, and the main character always has some kind of emotionally damaging problem they have to deal with, but it never seems repetitive. Dreamland was haunting. It was disturbing. Not words you usually associate withThis is probably my favorite Sarah Dessen book!
THAT'S IT! I am sick of Sarah Dessen and her so-called "incredible" writing. This book was about a 16-year-old girl named Caitlin. Her sister has just ran away from home, and her boyfriend Rogerson has taken a liking to beating her. Why are Sarah Dessen's characters SO STUPID? I wanted to smack this chick. HOW STUPID CAN ONE GET? Caitlin stays with her abusive boyfriend because it "feels right". Caitlin starts smoking and doing drugs because it "feels right". Caitlin breaks her committment to
I'm on my post-final YA fiction binge and working my way through the roommate's Sarah Dessen books. This one was, in my opinion, sadly lacking. Dessen gets into the head of an abused girlfriend very well, and the slow slide into an abusive relationship is believable. However, we never find out why her boyfriend was abusing her, leaving him to be a one-dimensional 'bad boy' and the circumstances around their relationship remained shallow. I don't have much patience for people who are too weak to
3.5 actual rating
Pre-read: Yeah, I'm re-reading this book for this year because apparently I'm on a Sarah Dessen kick from my library. I'm really looking forward to it.Post-read: Dude, I'm still shaking even after I've turned the final page. Much of "Dreamland" hit spot on with respect to the feelings of isolation that Caitlyn felt with things going on with her family and friend circles, and the abuse she suffered just catapulted that strife into the stratosphere. I really appreciated the chance to re-read this.
Wake up, Caitlin, Mr Lensing had said. But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids. I didn't care if they sang to me. All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called my name again and again, pulling me upward into light, to drown. Dreamland was my first Sarah Dessen book, and for some reason I'd always thought she wrote light-hearted,
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