Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Briar’s Journal (June 12 to 28, 2012)

Dream Entry*

December 3, 2005


My friends and I are having a cookout. Bigfoot is standing by the grill twirling a spatula. His apron says: I flip for books. Beverly is spreading a paisley blanket on the ground. She’s shouting at Norman and three beagle puppies who keep chasing each other over the blanket and mussing it up. Morzant is flying a remote control airplane. As Mortimer parachutes from it, he recites the alphabet backwards. Penny is riding a stationary bike. I wonder how she manages to pedal with high heels. It doesn’t occur to me to wonder why she has legs and feet instead of her usual flippers.


A delicious aroma comes to me from the grill. Bigfoot flips a hamburger patty into a waiting bun held by a duck. The duck puts the hamburger onto a plate, then grabs another bun to catch another hamburger. When the plate is stacked high with hamburgers, he quacks out to Norman. Norman carries the plate to the paisley blanket which is now spread over a ping pong table. Bigfoot and the duck continue to prepare plates of hamburgers for each of my friends. I wait for the duck to quack out that my plate is ready, but he never does. He and Bigfoot take the two remaining plates and join everybody at the ping pong table. That’s when I notice the plates are full of books instead of hamburgers. I wake up just as Bigfoot squirts a dollop of ketchup under the cover of one of his books.




The books on BIGFOOT’s plate:


A BOY AND A BEAR IN A BOAT by Dave Shelton

[MIDDLE GRADE]

David Fickling-Random House

June 12, 2012


REUNITED by Hilary Weisman Graham

[YOUNG ADULT]

Simon & Schuster

June 12, 2012


MY LIFE NEXT DOOR by Huntley Fitzpatrick

[YOUNG ADULT]

Dial-Penguin

June 14, 2012


MARATHON by Boaz Yakin,

illustrated by Joe Infurnari

[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]

First Second-Roaring Brook

June 19, 2012


LONE BEAN by Chudney Ross

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Amistad-HarperCollins

June 26, 2012


REBEL MCKENZIE by Candice Ransom

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Hyperion-Disney

June 26, 2012



The books on MORZANT’s plate:


THE FEAR by Charlie Higson

[YOUNG ADULT—THIRD IN THE ENEMY SERIES]

Hyperion-Disney

June 12, 2012


I, GALILEO by Bonnie Christensen

[PICTURE BOOK—NON-FICTION]

Knopf-Random House

June 12, 2012


THE MIGHTY MARS ROVERS: THE INCREDIBLE

ADVENTURES OF SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY

by Elizabeth Rusch

[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION—

SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELDS SERIES]

Houghton Mifflin-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

June 19, 2012


THIS IS NOT A TEST by Courtney Summers

[YOUNG ADULT]

St. Martin’s Griffin

June 19, 2012



The books on PENNY’s plate:


TOKYO HEIST by Diana Renn

[YOUNG ADULT]

Viking-Penguin

June 14, 2012


VIOLINS OF AUTUMN by Amy McAuley

[YOUNG ADULT]

Walker

June 19, 2012


SECRET LETTERS by Leah Scheier

[YOUNG ADULT]

Hyperion-Disney

June 26, 2012



The books on THE DUCK’s plate:


LIES BENEATH by Anne Greenwood Brown

[YOUNG ADULT]

Delacorte-Random House

June 12, 2012


KEEPING THE CASTLE by Patrice Kindl

[YOUNG ADULT]

Viking-Penguin

June 14, 2012



The books on NORMAN’s plate:


SUMMER AT FORSAKEN LAKE by Michael D. Bell,

with illustrations by Maggie Kneen

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Knopf-Random House

June 12, 2012


THE VINDICO by Wesley King

[YOUNG ADULT]

Putnam-Penguin

June 14, 2012


EARTHLING! by Mark Fearing

[MIDDLE GRADE—GRAPHIC NOVEL]

Chronicle

June 20, 2012


MONSTERS ON THE MARCH by Derek the Ghost,

with illustrations by Scott M. Fischer

[MIDDLE GRADE—SECOND IN

THE SCARY SCHOOL SERIES]

HarperCollins

June 26, 2012


THE BRIXEN WITCH by Stacy DeKeyser,

illustrated by John Nickle

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Margaret K. McElderry-Simon & Schuster

June 26, 2012


CHEESIE MACK IS COOL IN A DUEL

by Steve Cotler,

with illustrations by Adam McCauley

[MIDDLE GRADE—SEQUEL TO CHEESIE MACK

IS NOT A GENIUS OR ANYTHING]

Random House

June 26, 2012



The books on BEVERLY’s plate:


LAUGH WITH THE MOON by Shana Burg

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Delacorte-Random House

June 12, 2012


MY LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE

by Natasha Friend

[YOUNG ADULT]

Viking-Penguin

June 14, 2012


THE UNFORTUNATE SON

by Constance Leeds

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Viking-Penguin

June 14, 2012


BEING EMILY by Rachel Gold

[YOUNG ADULT]

Bella Books

June 26, 2012


RACING THE MOON by Alan Armstrong,

with illustrations by Tim Jessell

[MIDDLE GRADE]

Random House

June 26, 2012



The books on OLIVER’s plate:


HIDE & SEEK by Il Sung Na

[PICTURE BOOK]

Knopf-Random House

June 12, 2012


OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO by Jef Czekaj

[PICTURE BOOK]

Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins

June 12, 2012


THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF

MR. MORRIS LESSMORE by William Joyce,

illustrated by William Joyce and Joe Bluhm

[PICTURE BOOK]

Atheneum-Simon & Schuster

June 19, 2012



The books on LENNY’s plate:


MAGICAL MONTY by Johanna Hurwitz,

with illustrations by Anik McGrory

[CHAPTER BOOK—THIRD IN THE MONTY SERIES]

Candlewick

June 12, 2012


THE BEST BIKE RIDE EVER by James Proimos,

illustrated by Johanna Wright

[PICTURE BOOK]

Dial-Penguin

June 14, 2012


DRAGONS LOVE TACOS by Adam Rubin,

illustrated by Daniel Salmieri

[PICTURE BOOK]

Dial-Penguin

June 14, 2012


I KNOW A WEE PIGGY by Kim Norman,

illustrated by Henry Cole

[PICTURE BOOK]

Dial-Penguin

June 14, 2012


SQUID AND OCTOPUS:

FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS by Tao Nyeu

[PICTURE BOOK]

Dial-Penguin

June 14, 2012


DINOSAILING by Deb Lund,

illustrated by Howard Fine

[PICTURE BOOK—THIRD IN

THE DINO SERIES]

Harcourt-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

June 19, 2012


DON’T SQUISH THE SASQUATCH!

by Kent Redeker, illustrated by Bob Staake

[PICTURE BOOK]

Hyperion-Disney

June 19, 2012


MY SNAKE BLAKE by Randy Siegel,

illustrated by Serge Bloch

[PICTURE BOOK]

Roaring Brook

June 19, 2012



The books on VIOLET’s plate:


TWO FOR ONE by Kate DiCamillo and

Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile

[EARLY READER—SECOND IN THE

BING AND GOLLIE SERIES]

Candlewick

June 12, 2012


SMALL BUNNY’S BLUE BLANKET

by Feeney Tatyana

[PICTURE BOOK]

Knopf-Random House

June 12, 2012


DOG GONE by Leeza Hernandez

[PICTURE BOOK]

Putnam-Penguin

June 14, 2012


FOXY by Emma Dodd

[PICTURE BOOK]

HarperCollins

June 26, 2012


MONTY AND MILLI: THE TOTALLY

AMAZING MAGIC TRICK

by Tracey Corderoy, illustrated by Tim Warnes

[PICTURE BOOK]

Good Books

June 28, 2012


THE PERFECT PRESENT by Fiona Roberton

[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO

WANTED: THE PERFECT PET]

Putnam-Penguin

June 28, 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.

2 comments:

Kelly Hashway said...

I'm looking forward to Lies Beneath and This is Not a Test.

Bigfoot said...

So you’d like to sample a little something from Morzant’s plate and the plate of that duck who keeps popping up in Briar’s dreams.

My own plate is plenty full. I tell you, it’s nice having psychic friends.