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Reader reviewed by Megan

Wake, by Lisa McMann, brings us headfirst into the life of Janie. Her story begins at the age of eight, when she first thinks that there is something strange going on with her: she can see peoples dreams. Sounds like fun? Maybe to some people, it would be. But when you can not pick and choose when you go into a dream or whose dream it is, then it becomes less fun. You tend to learn a lot about people this way. For instance, she learned that her hateful girl classmate dreams about having sex with her best friend& ahem, her best girl friend. That same friend dreams about the death of her little brother. And, one dream hits her the hardest the one of a boy turning into something with knives for fingers, trying to chase away a man catching him on fire. She finds out later that this dream belongs to none other than Cabe, the boy who also dreams about Janie& holding Janie, kissing Jamie. She gets tangled up in these dreams, but after the death of one of the elderly at the place where she works, she learns that she can help people in their dreams. The other thing she learns is not so pretty the old man trying to catch the boy on fire in Cabes dream& really happened.
Lisa McMann is such an amazing author! I can not wait to get my hands on the sequel to Wake, called Fade. This book was definitely worth reading.