Wake
by Lisa McMann

    WAKE by Lisa McMann
    Category:  Paranormal
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  3/4/08
    Publisher:  Simon Pulse
    Reviewed by:  Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Dreams can usually be categorized as our source of entertainment while we are sleeping. Although we sometimes
    may not remember them, they often take us on a journey that we may (or may not) want to happen. For Janie
    Hannagan, though, dreams are her worst nightmares.

    Not like any other normal teenage girl, Janie witnesses the dreams that anyone within close proximity is dreaming.
    Of course, she doesn’t really want this to happen, but it has been going on ever since she was eight. Janie is able to
    see the ordinary dreams, from falling to drowning to going to work without wearing any pants. Along with that, she
    is able to see people’s secrets and what they desire the most.

    There is nothing Janie can do about this but to just keep the knowledge to herself. That all changes when Cable, the
    guy who everyone thought was a pothead and a dealer, enters her life as she enters his dreams. Half the time, the
    dreams are somewhat sweet and romantic, but then other times she witnesses the nightmares that have been
    haunting him.

    As Janie tries to sort out not only his dreams but her own feelings for Cable, she learns that the only way to survive
    her reactions towards other people’s dreams is to control them -- and to help the people complete the tasks that
    they so desperately want to accomplish.

    Every now and then a novel gets published and becomes a work of art that we all will long remember. WAKE is
    one of those novels that is not only unique but also mesmerizing and exhilarating. With her debut novel, Lisa
    McMann creates something that will be on our minds and change the way we think about what we read.