Sixteenyearold caitlin feels the pressure to please her parents after her older sister runs away. I really enjoyed reading it and recommend it to any teenage girl, or even guy. Her first two books, that summer and someone like you, were made into the movie how to deal. Dreamland by sarah dessen is a story that follows caitlin after her sister cass ran away on caitlins sixteenth birthday. My mother loved to dress us alike, like twins, since we were only two years apart. Dreamland by sarah dessen is a teenyoung adult novel that goes beyond simple teenage angst or issues with friendship groups although some novels do touch on problems such as bullying and do so sensitively and realistically. Even while i was writing it, i knew dreamland was different. What is the main problem in the book dreamland by sarah dessen. The novel focuses on caitlin, a teenager who struggles to deal with her sister running away and how this consumes her. The main problem found in sarah dessens young adult book dreamland is that. Sarah dessen is the author of thirteen novels, which include the new york times bestsellers the moon and more, what happened to goodbye, along for the ride, lock and key, just listen, the truth about forever, and this lullaby. Dreamland by sarah dessen chapter one when i was four and cass was six, she whacked me across the face with a plastic shovel at our neighborhood park. Sarah dessen is the author of thirteen novels, which include the new york times bestsellers the moon and more, what happened to goodbye, along for the. Please be assured that any fines or fees have been waived.
Spend your summer with sarah dessen s novels including dreamland. I also felt i had to be responsible about the role of marijuana in the story. Caitlins world seems to spiral away until she meets rogerson, a strange guy with awesome hair and whom caitlin feels at ease with, someone she can be anyone with. See, while i have a healthy respect for love, i hate to see it idealized. Ever since she started going out with rogerson biscoe, caitlin seems to have fallen into a semiconscious dreamland where nothing is quite real.
A teenager opts for the badchoice route out of her perfect older sisters shadow in this intense, exhausting tale from the author of keeping the moon 1999. However, you can still place holds on ebooks and other eresources using your free library card. When dreamland by sarah dessen opens, it is caitlin okorens sixteenth birthday and her eighteenyearoldsister, cassandra cass, has just run away from home. Dreamland 2000 is a teen novel by the american author sarah dessen. Caitlin has always felt semiinvisible next to soccer starsenior class presidenthomecoming queen cass, and that doesnt change in any important way when cass suddenly takes off with a male friend for new york, leaving their mother. There is an alternate cover edition for this isbn here. Caitlin then retreats into a world of drugs and physical abu. Sarah dessen s newest novel saint anything is available now. Rogerson is different from anyone caitlin has ever known. Dreamland is the secret story of many contemporary teen relationships, a finely drawn portrait of a young woman without a strong sense of self esteem. Dessen s books are frequently chosen for the teens top ten list and the. Originally, the story of caitlin and rogerson was in another novel id written, one which turned out to be mostly. It had a lot of the elements of the other books, but something kept pulling it deeper, to a place that for me, as a writer, was really challenging. In this riveting novel, sarah dessen searches for understanding and answers through the mind.
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