Dream Entry*
December 14, 2007
There’s a news report that meteors will be hitting the planet around 4:00 p.m. They will likely destroy all life on Earth. Some of my friends are in a panic. Penny dives below the sea looking for underwater caves to hide in. The puppies bury their heads in their blankets. An agitated duck flaps around, squawking, “The sky is falling!” Bigfoot and Beverly are nonchalant. “No way to control it, so no reason to worry about it,” Bigfoot says. Morzant vows to stay on Earth with us rather than escape in his spaceship. I ask him why he doesn’t just fly us all to Zeenton. He explains there’s no room because his experiments take up all the space in his ship.
We decide to wait for the end in the library. We look out the window, watching for the meteors. The blue sky has friendly, puffy clouds drifting by. At few minutes past 4:00 p.m., just as I begin to think the danger must be past, a meteor torpedos towards us. When the meteor breaks through the roof, we all rush outside—except for Bigfoot and Beverly who don’t see the point—because we think it’s going to explode. Another meteor lands near us. We run in the opposite direction, only to have another meteor land at our feet. I can’t believe every single meteor is landing near us rather than other places on the planet. It’s like somebody is targeting us.
The meteors have all landed. I’m wary, certain they’ll explode any second. I’m also worried they may be radioactive. But they don’t blow up. They start to flap in the breeze. I look closer and see that the meteors are books. And now there aren’t just the four I watched drop from the sky. The whole lawn is littered with them.
Naturally, my book-loving friends gather them up and start to read.
The meteors BIGFOOT reads:
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US
by Kasie West
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
July 2, 2013
A SUMMER OF SUNDAYS
by Lindsay Eland
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Egmont USA
July 9, 2013
45 POUNDS (MORE OR LESS)
by Kelly Barson
[YOUNG ADULT]
Viking-Penguin
July 11, 2013
REMEMBER DIPPY
by Shirley Reva Vernick
[YOUNG ADULT]
Cinco Puntos
July 16, 2013
BLUFFTON: MY SUMMER WITH BUSTER KEATON
by Matt Phelan
[MIDDLE GRADE—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
Candlewick
July 23, 2013
A REALLY AWESOME MESS
by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin
[YOUNG ADULT]
Egmont USA
July 23, 2013
RUNT
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
THE WEIGHT OF WATER
by Sarah Crossan
[YOUNG ADULT—NOVEL IN VERSE]
Bloomsbury USA
July 23, 2013
The meteors MORZANT reads:
MONSTERS AND LEGENDS
by Davide Cali,
illustrated by Gabriella Giandelli
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Flying Eye Books
July 2, 2013
THE APPLE ORCHARD RIDDLE
by Margaret McNamara,
illustrated by G. Brian Karas
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO
HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN]
Schwartz & Wade-Random House
July 9, 2013
DOG-GONE SCHOOL
by Amy Schmidt, photographs by Ron Schmidt
[PICTURE BOOK—POETRY]
Random House
July 9, 2013
WHAT FLOATS IN A MOAT?
by Lynne Berry,
illustrated by Matthew Cordell
[PICTURE BOOK—SCIENCE STORY]
Simon & Schuster
July 9, 2013
ZOM-B ANGELS
by Darren Shan
[YOUNG ADULT—
FOURTH IN THE SERIES]
Little, Brown-Hachette
July 9, 2013
ZOM-B CITY
by Darren Shan
[YOUNG ADULT—
THIRD IN THE SERIES]
Little, Brown-Hachette
July 9, 2013
YOUR SKELETON IS SHOWING: RHYMES OF
BLUNDER FROM SIX FEET UNDER
by Kurt Cyrus, illustrated by Crab Scrambly
[PICTURE BOOK—POETRY]
Disney-Hyperion
July 23, 2013
The meteors MORTIMER reads:
THE MOUSE WITH THE QUESTION MARK TAIL
by Richard Peck, with illustrations by Kelly Murphy
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Dial-Penguin
July 2, 2013
THE TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP
by Kathi Appelt
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
The meteors PENNY reads:
SYLO
by D.J. MacHale
[YOUNG ADULT—FIRST IN THE
SYLO CHRONICLES]
Razorbill-Penguin
July 2, 2013
THIS IS W.A.R.
by Lisa Roecker and Laura Roecker
[YOUNG ADULT]
Soho Teen-Soho Press
July 2, 2013
REPLICA
by Jenna Black
[YOUNG ADULT]
Tor Teen-Tom Doherty Associates
July 16, 2013
EXTREMITIES: STORIES OF DEATH,
MURDER, AND REVENGE
by David Lubar
[YOUNG ADULT]
Tor Teen-Tom Doherty Associates
July 23, 2013
THE FURY
by Alexander Gordon Smith
[YOUNG ADULT]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
July 23, 2013
EARTHBOUND
by Aprilynne Pike
[YOUNG ADULT]
Razorbill-Penguin
July 30, 2013
The meteors THE DUCK reads:
FALCON IN THE GLASS
by Susan Fletcher
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Margaret K. McElderry-Simon & Schuster
July 9, 2013
RAVEN FLIGHT
by Juliet Marillier
[YOUNG ADULT—SECOND IN THE
SHADOWFELL SERIES]
Knopf-Random House
July 9, 2013
OF BEAST AND BEAUTY
by Stacey Jay
[YOUNG ADULT]
Delacorte-Random House
July 23, 2013
ALL OUR PRETTY SONGS
by Sarah McCarry
[YOUNG ADULT]
St. Martin’s Griffin
July 30, 2013
The meteors NORMAN reads:
WHAT WE FOUND IN THE SOFA AND
HOW IT SAVED THE WORLD
by Henry Clark
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Little, Brown-Hachette
July 2, 2013
THE GLASS PUZZLE
by Christine Brodien-Jones
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Delacorte-Random House
July 9, 2013
THE MUSIC OF ZOMBIES
by Vivian French,
with illustrations by Ross Collins
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIFTH IN THE
TALE FROM THE FIVE KINGDOMS SERIES]
Candlewick
July 9, 2013
RULES FOR GHOSTING
by A.J. Paquette
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Walker
July 9, 2013
MOXIE AND THE ART OF RULE BREAKING:
A 14 DAY MYSTERY
by Erin Dionne
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Dial-Penguin
July 11, 2013
OF WITCHES AND WIND
by Shelby Bach
[MIDDLE GRADE—SECOND IN THE
EVER AFTERS SERIES]
Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
The meteor BEVERLY reads:
AFTER THE RIVER THE SUN
by Dia Calhoun,
with illustrations by Kate Slater
[MIDDLE GRADE—COMPANION TO
EVA OF THE FARM]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
July 9, 2013
AFTER IRIS
by Natasha Farrant
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Dial-Penguin
July 11, 2013
SALT: A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP
IN A TIME OF WAR
by Helen Frost
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
July 23, 2013
THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE
by Natalie Standiford
[YOUNG ADULT]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
July 30, 2013
BROTHER, BROTHER
by Clay Carmichael
[YOUNG ADULT]
Roaring Brook
July 30, 2013
A BAG OF MARBLES
by Joseph Joffo, illustrated by Vincent Bailly
[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
Graphic Universe-Lerner
August 1, 2013
The meteors BRIAR reads:
RIGHT OF WAY
by Lauren Barnholdt
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon Pulse-Simon & Schuster
July 9, 2013
STILL STAR-CROSSED
by Melinda Taub
[YOUNG ADULT]
Delacorte-Random House
July 9, 2013
OCD LOVE STORY
by Corey Ann Haydu
[YOUNG ADULT]
Simon Pulse-Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
The meteors OLIVER reads:
WHAT AM I? WHERE AM I?
by Ted Lewin
[EARLY READER]
Holiday House
July 1, 2013
IS IT BIG OR IS IT LITTLE?
by Claudia Rueda
[PICTURE BOOK]
Eerdmans Books
July 5, 2013
GHOST IN THE HOUSE
by Ammi Joan Paquette,
illustrated by Adam Record
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
July 9, 2013
ROMPING MONSTERS, STOMPING MONSTERS
by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO
CREEPY MONSTERS, SLEEPY MONSTERS]
Candelwick
July 9, 2013
COLORS FOR ZENA
by Monica Wellington
[PICTURE BOOK]
Dial-Penguin
July 11, 2013
BULLY
by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
July 16, 2013
PLANES FLY!
by George Ella Lyon,
illustrated by Mick Wiggins
[PICTURE BOOK]
Atheneum-Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
OPPOSITES
by Xavier Deneux
[BOARD BOOK]
Chronicle
July 23, 2013
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT
by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
[PICTURE BOOK]
Orchard Books
July 30, 2013
READY AND WAITING FOR YOU
by Judi Moreillon,
illustrated by Catherine Stock
[PICTURE BOOK]
Eerdmans Books
August 1, 2013
The meteors LENNY reads:
DOZENS OF COUSINS
by Shutta Crum,
illustrated by David Catrow
[PICTURE BOOK]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
July 2, 2013
MONSTERGARTEN
by Daniel J. Mahoney,
illustrated by Jef Kaminsky
[PICTURE BOOK]
Feiwel and Friends-Macmillan
July 2, 2013
FILBERT, THE GOOD LITTLE FIEND
by Hiawyn Oram,
illustrated by Jimmy Liao
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
July 9, 2013
GUS, THE DINOSAUR BUS
by Julia Liu, illustrated by Bei Lynn
[PICTURE BOOK]
Houghton Mifflin-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
July 9, 2013
LINUS THE VEGETARIAN T. REX
by Robert Neubecker
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane-Simon & Schuster
July 9, 2013
SOME MONSTERS ARE DIFFERENT
by David Milgrim
[PICTURE BOOK]
Henry Holt
July 16, 2013
THE CASE OF THE MISSING DONUT
by Alison McGhee,
illustrated by Isabel Roxas
[PICTURE BOOK]
Dial-Penguin
July 25, 2013
LION VS RABBIT
by Alex Latimer
[PICTURE BOOK]
Peachtree
August 1, 2013
SCAREDY SQUIRREL PREPARES FOR HALLOWEEN:
A SAFETY GUIDE FOR SCAREDIES
by Mélanie Watt
[INFORMATION]
Kids Can Press
August 1, 2013
THUMPY FEET
by Betsy Lewin
[PICTURE BOOK]
Holiday House
August 1, 2013
The meteors VIOLET reads:
AKISSI: FELINE INVASION
by Marguerite Abouet,
illustrated by Mathieu Sapin
[EARLY READER—GRAPHIC NOVEL]Flying Eye Books
July 2, 2013
THE VERY BIG CARROT
by Satoe Tone
[PICTURE BOOK]Eerdmans Books
July 3, 2013
VAMPIRE BABY
by Kelly Bennett,
illustrated by Paul Meisel
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
July 9, 2013
ZOMBELINA
by Kristyn Crow,
illustrated by Molly Idle
[PICTURE BOOK]
Walker
July 9, 2013
CHICK-O-SAURUS REX
by Lenore Jennewein,
illustrated by Daniel Jennewein
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simon & Schuster
July 23, 2013
VAMPIRINA BALLERINA HOSTS A SLEEPOVER
by Anne Marie Pace,
illustrated by LeUyen Pham
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO
VAMPIRINA BALLERINA]Disney-Hyperion
July 23, 2013
* 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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