Dream Entry*
September 27, 2005
I’m trotting down a long, dark hallway with nothing to guide me but a trail of peanut butter cookie crumbs. When I eat the last of the crumbs, I start to panic because now I’m in a long, dark hallway with no smells or sounds or light. I have only my sense of touch to rely on. The stone floor is damp and cold. The walls are gelatinous and sticky. Just as I’m about to turn around to try to go back the way I came, I see a glow of purple light ahead. As I get nearer to it, it turns blue; nearer still, green. I reach the light—now red—and I see it’s coming from a scorpion-shaped night-light plugged into the dead end of the hallway. Its claws remind me of a lobster. It has a cotton swab where it’s stinger should be.
“I am the Book Keeper. You have only to answer a simple question and I will bestow upon you a vast treasure.”
I examine the night-light.
“Yeah, yeah. I’m a talking scorpion night-light. You want the treasure or not?”
“I do,” I say.
“What’s in psst ssss mmn?”
“What?” I ask.
“Mmrmn psst hsss mmr?”
When I lean in to hear him better, the scorpion’s cotton swab tail whips toward me and jabs at my ear.
“Dang those beagle ear flaps,” the scorpion says. “Let me in there!”
He keeps trying to swab my ears, but he can’t. I dodge him. Then I unplugged him.
“Books are the light,” he gasps as the glow within him dies.
I expect to be in total darkness again, but there’s light coming from within a room whose door has creaked open. I go inside, on the lookout for more scorpion night-lights. There aren’t any. There are only piles and piles of books, each radiating warm light. Moth-like, I’m drawn to them. I gather the treasure to share with my friends, some puppies, and a duck.
BIGFOOT’s share of the treasure:
THERE IS NO DOG by Meg Rosoff
[YOUNG ADULT]
Putnam-Penguin
January 24, 2012
THE EDUCATION OF JAY BAKER by Jay Clark
[YOUNG ADULT]
Henry Holt
January 31, 2012
GRAFFITI MOON by Cath Crowley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Knopf-Random House
February 14, 2012
WONDER by R.J. Palacio
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Knopf-Random House
February 14, 2012
THE DISENCHANTMENTS by Nina LaCour
[YOUNG ADULT]
Dutton-Penguin
February 16, 2012
THE FINE ART OF TRUTH OR DARE by Melissa Jensen
[YOUNG ADULT]
Speak-Penguin
February 16, 2012
MORZANT’s share of the treasure:
BLUE JEANS BEFORE THE STORE by Jody Jensen Shaffer
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Child’s World
January 28, 2012
BREAD BEFORE THE STORE by Jody Jensen Shaffer
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Child’s World
January 28, 2012
A BLACK HOLE IS NOT A HOLE
by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Charlesbridge
February 1, 2012
SIR CUMFERENCE AND THE VIKING’S MAP
by Cindy Neuschwander, illustrated by Wayne Geehan
[MIDDLE GRADE—MATH STORY]
Charlesbridge
February 1, 2012
FIRST GIRL SCOUT:
THE LIFE OF JULIETTE GORDON LOW
by Ginger Wadsworth
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin
February 6, 2012
THE COMIC STRIP BIG FAT BOOK
OF KNOWLEDGE by Tracey Turner,
illustrated by Sally Kindberg
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION COMIC]
BLOOMSBURY USA
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: BE A PART
OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY FROM
YOUR OWN BACKYARD by Loree Griffin Burns,
photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Henry Holt
February 14, 2012
OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW:
A FIRST BOOK OF NATURE by Nicola Davies,
illustrated by Mark Hearld
[POETRY—PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
February 14, 2012
PENNY’s share of the treasure:
THE WAY WE FALL by Megan Crewe
[YOUNG ADULT]
Hyperion-Disney
January 24, 2012
ARTICLE 5 by Kristen Simmons
[YOUNG ADULT]
Tor Teen-Tom Doherty Associates
January 31, 2012
THE DEAD OF WINTER by Chris Priestley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Bloomsbury USA
January 31, 2012
CATCH & RELEASE by Blythe Woolston
[YOUNG ADULT]
Carolrhoda-Lerner
February 1, 2012
THE WEEPERS: THE OTHER LIFE
by Susanne Winnacker
[YOUNG ADULT]
Marshall Cavendish
February 1, 2012
HARBINGER by Sara Wilson Etienne
[YOUNG ADULT]
Putnam-Penguin
February 2, 2012
DEAD TO YOU by Lisa McMann
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon Pulse-Simon & Schuster
February 7, 2012
THE BUTTERFLY CLUES by Kate Ellison
[YOUNG ADULT]
Egmont USA
February 14, 2012
SCARLET by A.C. Gaughen
[YOUNG ADULT]
Walker
February 14, 2012
THE VANISHING GAME by Kate Kae Myers
[YOUNG ADULT]
Bloomsbury USA
February 14, 2012
THE DUCKS’s share of the treasure:
EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton
[YOUNG ADULT—FIRST IN TRILOGY]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
January 24, 2012
INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows
[YOUNG ADULT—FIRST IN TRILOGY]
Katherine Tegen-HarperCollins
January 31, 2012
BLISS by Kathryn Littlewood
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Katherine Tegan-HarperCollins
February 14, 2012
NORMAN’s share of the treasure:
EARWIG AND THE WITCH by Diana Wynne Jones,
with illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Greenwillow-HarperCollins
January 31, 2012
HIGGINS HOLE by Kevin Boreen
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Charlesbridge
February 1, 2012
COLD CEREAL by Adam Rex
[MIDDLE GRADE—
FIRST IN THE COLD CEREAL TRILOGY]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
February 7, 2012
ABOVE WORLD by Jenn Reese
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN SERIES]
Candlewick
February 14, 2012
MR. AND MRS. BUNNY—
DETECTIVES EXTRAORDINAIRE! by Polly Horvath,
with illustrations by Sophie Blackall
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
February 14, 2012
THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DESPERADOS:
WESTERN MYSTERIES by Caroline Lawrence
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN SERIES]
Putnam-Pengin
February 16, 2012
BEVERLY’s share of the treasure:
BAMBINO AND MR. TWAIN by Priscilla Maltbie,
illustrated by Daniel Miyares
[PICTURE BOOK]
Charlesbridge
February 1, 2012
CHOPSTICKS
by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
[YOUNG ADULT]
Razorbill-Penguin
February 2, 2012
THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST
by Emily M. Danforth
[YOUNG ADULT]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
February 7, 2012
SOMEBODY, PLEASE TELL ME WHO I AM
by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon & Schuster
February 7, 2012
THE GIRLS OF NO RETURN by Erin Saldin
[YOUNG ADULT]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
February 14, 2012
SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE by Katie Dale
[YOUNG ADULT]
Delacorte-Random House
February 14, 2012
THE SANDAL ARTIST by Kathleen T. Pelley,
illustrated by Lois Rosio Sprague
[PICTURE BOOK]
Pelican
February 15, 2012
A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Viking-Penguin
February 16, 2012
OLIVER’s share of the treasure:
THE BUNNY’S NIGHT-LIGHT:
A GLOW-IN-THE-DARK SEARCH by Geoffrey Hayes
[PICTURE BOOK]
Random House
January 24, 2012
FISH ON A WALK by Eva Muggenthaler
[PICTURE BOOK]
Enchanted Lion
January 24, 2012
ZOO GIRL by Rebecca Elliott
[PICTURE BOOK]
Lion UK
February 1, 2012
10 HUNGRY RABBITS:
COUNTING & COLOR CONCEPTS
by Anita Lobel, illustrated by Tim Bowers
[PICTURE BOOK]
Knopf-Random House
February 14, 2012
AND THEN IT’S SPRING by Julie Fogliano,
illustrated by Erin Stead
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
February 14, 2012
HENRI’S WALK TO PARIS by Leonore Klein,
illustrated by Saul Bass
[PICTURE BOOK]
Universe-Rizzoli
February 14, 2012
LENNY’s share of the treasure:
HANS MY HEDGEHOG: A TALE FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM
by Kate Combs, illustrated by John Nickle
[PICTURE BOOK]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
January 24, 2012
OTTO THE BOOK BEAR by Katie Cleminson
[PICTURE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
January 31, 2012
RANDY RILEY’S REALLY BIG HIT by Chris Van Dusen
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
February 14, 2012
VIOLET’s share of the treasure:
THE EASTER BUNNY’S ASSISTANT by Jan Thomas
[PICTURE BOOK]
HarperCollins
January 24, 2012
ANOTHER BROTHER by Matthew Cordell
[PICTURE BOOK]
Feiwel & Friends-Macmillan
January 31, 2012
CHOPSTICKS by Amy Krouse Rosenthal,
illustrated by Scott Magoon
[PICTURE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
January 31, 2012
PINCH AND DASH MAKE SOUP by Michael J. Daley,
illustrated by Thomas F. Yezerski
[EARLY READER]
Charlesbridge
February 1, 2012
LISTEN TO MY TRUMPET! by Mo Willems
[EARLY READER—AN ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE BOOK]
Hyperion-Disney
February 7, 2012
GIDEON by Olivier Dunrea
[PICTURE BOOK]
Houghton Mifflin
February 8, 2012
GIDEON AND OTTO by Olivier Dunrea
[PICTURE BOOK]
Houghton Mifflin
February 8, 2012
* 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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