renwar96's review against another edition
4.0
This book has so many great messages. The main character goes through so many different situations in this short book. I think it's a great read for anyone who wants to read about a girl that deals with diversity at home, school and personally and comes out a winner!
make_it_a_melody's review against another edition
2.0
I had to read it at school last year. I thought it was okay. I probably would of like it better if I read it on my own.
moriah_ellis's review against another edition
4.0
This book is one of my childhood favorites, no matter how many times I read it I always end up crying it is just both sad and beautiful
dianew1993's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVED this book as a kid. I read it first when I was about 10 and it’s a childhood memory for me. I bought it for my kids because I loved it so much. At that age, any books that had dogs in it were good books in my eyes, but this had a lot more to it. Idk why it isn’t more popular.
netsrik94's review against another edition
5.0
This book is the one that hooked me into reading. I devoured every Peg Kehret novel I could get my hands on after that. If you have a third grader struggling to enjoy reading, I highly recommend this book and author.
audreych's review against another edition
4.0
I remember loving this book when I was in 5th or 6th grade.. it really was something special. I'm pretty sure I cried :p
ericwelch's review
3.0
Rated NC-17
I'm not quite sure what to make of this very short work that I got cheap for my Kindle. Read it in just a few minutes. It's a dystopian novella that Gorman says in his introduction he was unable to sell (I can see why, from a content standpoint,)but says "it's a metaphor for how I've felt most of my life." If so, I do not envy Mr. Gorman.
Dreamdust is a highly addictive substance that causes all sorts of bizarre birth defects in children, violence among families, and poverty. The narrator, never identified, except for "he," despairs of the misery, "Mrs. Caruso's daughter letting all those men stick themselves up the slit between her legs. Mr. Feinmann smashing his wife's head in with a bottle because she wouldn't give him the tips from her waitress job. Little Betty Malloy being killed by a dreamduster who put a broomhandle up her backside and then cut her up with a butcher's knife."
The kid watches his parents fight all the time about money. He sees a commercial on the "vid" and after struggling his way through bully gangs and android cops, waiting in line for hours, manages to sell what's in the bag to "Smilin' Bob."
Not a nice story and that metaphor line haunts me.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this very short work that I got cheap for my Kindle. Read it in just a few minutes. It's a dystopian novella that Gorman says in his introduction he was unable to sell (I can see why, from a content standpoint,)but says "it's a metaphor for how I've felt most of my life." If so, I do not envy Mr. Gorman.
Dreamdust is a highly addictive substance that causes all sorts of bizarre birth defects in children, violence among families, and poverty. The narrator, never identified, except for "he," despairs of the misery, "Mrs. Caruso's daughter letting all those men stick themselves up the slit between her legs. Mr. Feinmann smashing his wife's head in with a bottle because she wouldn't give him the tips from her waitress job. Little Betty Malloy being killed by a dreamduster who put a broomhandle up her backside and then cut her up with a butcher's knife."
The kid watches his parents fight all the time about money. He sees a commercial on the "vid" and after struggling his way through bully gangs and android cops, waiting in line for hours, manages to sell what's in the bag to "Smilin' Bob."
Not a nice story and that metaphor line haunts me.
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