Middle Grade Review: Dream On

 

Cassie has a hard time.

1. Her mom's attention is usually on a younger child

2. Cassie has a LOT of siblings

3. Her best friend moved and now they don't see each other as often

4. Another girl in class is trying to come between them

5. She's in between times - learning what is cool and what is babyish

6. She keeps being told that she's so sensitive

7. She wants to win a sweepstakes to make everyone else happy

My Thoughts: Finding your place is hard, especially when you're in that in between stage. My heart went out to poor Cassie. Friendships drama is hard to read, especially with mean girls. But I love how everything turned out. I wonder if this will be turned into a series; I wouldn't mind reading more about Cassie's friendship adventures. 

* Book sent for review

Why I read this graphic novel: I love the Best Friends series

Source: Book sent for Review

Library Recommendation: A must have graphic novel for your school and library's collection

Hand this to: readers struggling with friends or readers who love drama

Tween Tuesday Review: Dream On

* Book 4 in the Whatever After series *

Abby's excited for her first sleepover. She's looking forward to eating s'mores and staying up all night talking. She's more than a little surprised when she wakes up to an empty room.

Robin forgot to mention her sleepwalking problem. She walks down into the basement and bumps into the magic mirror three times. Now they mirror's active and it's pulling Robin inside. Abby tries to rescue her, but it's too late.

Abby, Robin, and Jonah are sucked into another fairy tale - this time it's Sleeping Beauty's story. Unfortunately, Robin wakes up just in time to accidentally prick herself on the spindle - falling into a deep sleep.

Now Princess Briana's story has changed. Abby and her brother need to figure out how to reverse the sleeping spell, make Princess Briana happy, and get back home before things blow up in their face.

My Thoughts: I love this series on twists of Fairy Tales - it's great seeing the heroines of the original story. I like how Abby's friend came into the story with them and how that changed the dynamic. I liked the idea of living in the now and not waiting for your happiness to find you or waiting for what's supposed to happen in life and take charge of your own life. 

Cover Thoughts: Super Cute
Source: My Library