Pages: 210
Intended Audience: Teens
Genre: Supernatural
Notes for parents: Some use of the f-word and some scenes of violence and sexuality in dream sequences.
The Back Cover
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…
What the Back Cover doesn’t tell you:
This is the first book in a series about a girl who gets sucked into the dreams of the people around her.
What’s good?
This is an easy, fast-paced read with an interesting premise. The characters are well-drawn and the storyline is compelling. The author’s simple writing style is refreshing and the mystery of Janie’s abilities creates an exciting narrative that pretty much guarantees I’ll be picking up the next book in the series.
Best part: Miss Stubin’s “catcher” comment.
What’s not so good?
Many of the dream sequences seem a little too organized or conveniently topical. Maybe this just bothers me because my own dreams rarely make any sense. Cabel’s involvement with Captain seems too casual, but it’s ultimately believable. Janie’s alcoholic mother’s emotional and physical absence seems a little too handy. Perhaps more of her story will be revealed in other books in the series, but in Wake it just seemed like a convenient way to keep mom out of the way.
Worst part: Janie’s mom.
Recommendations þþþþo
An excellent dive into the paranormal. It’s by no means mind-blowing, but it’s a well-written and engaging story.
McMann, Lisa. Wake. New York: Simon Pulse, 2008.
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