From immensely talented debut author Robert L. Anderson comes a stunning, complex, and imaginative story about the fine line between dreams and reality that will appeal to fans of Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle.
Odea Donahue has been able to travel through people’s dreams since she was six years old. Her mother taught her the three rules of walking: Never interfere. Never be seen. Never walk the same person’s dream more than once. Dea has never broken the rules.
Then a mysterious new boy, Connor, comes to town. For the first time in her life, Dea feels normal. But both Dea and Connor have secrets, and as she is increasingly drawn to Connor’s dreams—and nightmares—the boundary between worlds begins to deteriorate, putting everyone she loves in danger.
Robert L. Anderson grew up in Brooklyn and graduated college in 2004 with a degree in philosophy. Since then, he has lived in five states and twelve countries, and on three continents. Dreamland is his first novel.
Every month feels like the best month ever for YA releases, but this time I really, seriously mean it: the sheer saturation of must-reads about to hit shelves is nigh overwhelming. Turn off your phone and climb into your fully-stocked blanket fort. It’s time to read.
In Robert L. Anderson’s intriguing, crazy inventive debut, Dreamland, Dea, like her eccentric mother, needs to walk people’s dreams to stay healthy. There are rules a dreamwalker must follow—never visit the same dreamer twice, never interfere—but when a crush on new friend Connor causes Dea to ignore those rules, there are dire consequences. The dream monsters who’ve […]
September’s embarrassment of bookshelf riches continues this week with strange fantasy, dark sci-fi, horror set in a hungry cornfield, and a topical tale about complicity and guilt. Here are 13 books worth clearing your DVR for right now:
Chances are, if you’re a reader, you’re also a dreamer. Books, much like dreams, have that wonderful ability to transport you someplace magical. Epic fantasy realms where you can fly, breathe underwater, fight dragons. Intense visions of the future with galaxy-spanning space battles. Or you know, just a world where that certain someone is as smitten […]
