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I read the book Wake by Lisa McMann. In the book the main character experiences other peoples dreams. She is sucked into the void of the mind that thinks while you sleep. Throughout the book, Janie (the main character) struggles to find out what is wrong with her while also struggling with her love life. Lisa McMann did an excellent job portraying the real life of some high school students. We get to see the side of some students that are rarely portrayed. It is a graphic book, but by writing these scenes in the book, Lisa shows the everyday life of a high school student. She provides an in look of the different people in society and how were all connected. But at the same time, she shows how were separated by a barrier. How we exclude and include people in our daily lives. She also shows consequences of our day to day actions. Lisa McMann shows the way the world is through her writing. I think by having Janie fall into her piers dreams, it shows a connection we all have but often choose to ignore. With her ability, Janie tries to change and make peoples dreams better hoping that it will change their actual lives. By the end of the book, Janie finally finds her calling and her life seems good. McMann shows the relationships of friends and people alike. She connects her writing with the inner self of people while including the hopes and dreams of people today. McMann shows that some adult figures are weak and take no charge in their childrens lives. Janies mother is a drunk who doesnt exactly care where Janie goes. She just leads her own life at home, so in a sense Janie is her own adult figure. In Janies character, McMann shows the working class people and how hard they work to make a living. Janie works at a nursing home and she still manages to keep her grades up in school. Janie is a determined individual who plans on not becoming her mother and making her life into something great. Through her hard work, she does well for herself. Lisa McMann did an excellent job on portraying students of today by showing choices some students choose to make. With drugs and peer pressure of the people around her, Janie still manages to fall with the crowd. I believe teenagers would love to read this book and take a look into the supernatural life of Janies life. But also to see the life real students lead. Over all, Lisa McMann does an excellent job with this book. To know what happens to Janie you would need to read the next two books Fade and Gone.