Dream Entry*
Date: October 25, 2007
I’m snuggled up by a warm fire. There’s a blizzard outside. A book blizzard. I watch out the window as millions of books swirl by in gusts of frigid wind. No two are alike. Through the noise of the hard covers slapping against the roof and all those pages flapping, I hear a knock at the door. I rush to let inside whoever it is out in this terrible weather. It’s Bigfoot.
He looks different. It takes me a second to realize that his brown, shaggy hair has turned snow white.
“What happened to you?” I ask.
“I saw a ghost,” he says. “It was the Ghost of Books Yet to Come. I’m the Abominable Snowman now.”
I invite the Abominable Snowman inside, but he won’t come. Instead he tells me that the Ghost of Books Yet to Come instructed him to deliver some books to our friends.
“I need you to help me find my way to them through this storm,” he says.
“What can I do?” I ask.
“Your nose will lead the way.”
I really don’t want to go out in the blizzard. I know there’s a danger of frostbite and paper cuts. But I want to help the Abominable Snowman, so I join the dog sled team waiting by the sled which is packed with books. The Abominable Snowman steps onto the footboard and motions for me to join the rest of the dogs as they position themselves in front of the sled. I'm to be the lead dog. As I pass the Siberian Huskies, I hear them snickering at me. I turn back to the Abominable Snowman for reassurance, but he’s gone. In his place is Johannes Gutenberg.
Johannes Gutenberg gives a shout and we take off. I can’t see where I’m going, but it doesn’t matter because I’m smelling my way along. The first scent I catch is Bigfoot’s. I follow it to my house where I find Bigfoot—his hair brown again—playing cribbage with the Abominable Snowman.
Next I find Penny, then Norman, then Beverly. Finally, I track down the three puppies whose scent I seem to recognize, but who I don’t know. I give them each a picture book. There is one book left on the sled for me.
By the time the books have been delivered, the storm begins to die down. The Siberian Huskies apologize for having made fun of me and they, along with Johannes Gutenberg, compose a song to commemorate how my nose saved the day.
Books Delivered to BIGFOOT:
REAL LIVE BOYFRIENDS: YES. BOYFRIENDS, PLURAL. IF MY LIFE WEREN’T COMPLICATED, I WOULDN’T BE RUBY OLIVER
by E. Lockhart
[YOUNG ADULT—FOURTH IN THE RUBY OLIVER QUARTET]
Delacorte-Random House
December 28, 2010
TEENIE by Christopher Grant
[YOUNG ADULT]
Knopf-Random House
December 28, 2010
THE BIG CRUNCH by Pete Hautman
[YOUNG ADULT]
Scholastic
January 1, 2011
THE ROMEO AND JULIET CODE by Phoebe Stone
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
January 1, 2011
LOVE, INC. by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
[YOUNG ADULT]
Hyperion-Disney
January 4, 2011
Books Delivered to PENNY:
THE WATER WARS by Cameron Stracher
[YOUNG ADULT]
Sourcebooks Fire-Sourcebooks
January 1, 2011
CHOKER by Elizabeth Woods
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon & Schuster
January 4, 2011
THE LEGACY by Gemma Malley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Bloomsbury USA
January 4, 2011
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis
[YOUNG ADULT]
Razorbill-Penguin
January 11, 2011
Book Left Over on the Sled for ME:
FORTUNE COOKIES by Albert Bitterman,
illustrated by Chris Raschka
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane Books-Simon & Schuster
January 4, 2011
Books Delivered to NORMAN:
LUNCH LADY AND THE BAKE SALE BANDIT
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
[MIDDLE GRADE COMIC: FIFTH IN THE SERIES]
Knopf-Random House
December 28, 2010
THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Scholastic
January 1, 2011
A BOY AND HIS BOT by Daniel H. Wilson
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Bloomsbury USA
January 4, 2011
Books Delivered to BEVERLY:
BITTER MELON by Cara Chow
[YOUNG ADULT]
Egmont USA
December 28, 2010
SEE WHAT I SEE by Gloria Whelan
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
December 28, 2010
SEASON OF SECRETS by Sally Nicholls
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
January 1, 2011
WORDS IN THE DUST by Trent Reedy
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
January 1, 2011
TAKING OFF by Jenny Moss
[YOUNG ADULT]
Walker
January 4, 2011
YOUNG FREDLE by Cynthia Voight,
with illustrations by Louise Yates
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Knopf-Random House
January 11, 2011
Book Delivered to OLIVER:
BROWNIE GROUNDHOG AND THE FEBRUARY FOX
by Susan Blackaby, illustrated by Carmen Segovia
[PICTURE BOOK]
Sterling
January 4, 2011
Book Delivered to LENNY:
CAT SECRETS by Jef Czekai
[PICTURE BOOK]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
January 4, 2011
Book Delivered to VIOLET:
I’M NOT. by Pam Smallcomb, illustrated by Robert Weinstock
[PICTURE BOOK]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
December 28, 2010
* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.
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