A review by ljrinaldi
The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst
4.0
Great middle school book about friendship
Fun little book about making friends. Really, that is what this book is about. Oh yes, there is a monster, well, several monsters, not all of the good, but the good ones are good, and the bad ones are evil. But as Sophie says, the dreamer controls the dream.
This book started out slowly. The title makes it sound as though it is about a girl that can't dream, and in a way, that is what it is about, but it is more than that. It isn't so much that she can't dream, but that she can create dreams, make them become real. That is her "secret power" so to speak, and that is what the book is about.
The first thing she creates, when she is six, is Monster, a tenth allied fury creature who becomes her best friend, or rather, her only friend.
That is why I say this book is about friendship. It is also about thinking through problems.
If you read sample chapters, and they don't go beyond the first two, it might make you not want to continue, but it picks up steam from there, and doesn't let you go. Although I won't say what the ending is here, spoilers or not, I was pleasantly surprised, and think it made the whole book worth it, which is the whole point of a good ending.
Fun little book about making friends. Really, that is what this book is about. Oh yes, there is a monster, well, several monsters, not all of the good, but the good ones are good, and the bad ones are evil. But as Sophie says, the dreamer controls the dream.
This book started out slowly. The title makes it sound as though it is about a girl that can't dream, and in a way, that is what it is about, but it is more than that. It isn't so much that she can't dream, but that she can create dreams, make them become real. That is her "secret power" so to speak, and that is what the book is about.
The first thing she creates, when she is six, is Monster, a tenth allied fury creature who becomes her best friend, or rather, her only friend.
That is why I say this book is about friendship. It is also about thinking through problems.
If you read sample chapters, and they don't go beyond the first two, it might make you not want to continue, but it picks up steam from there, and doesn't let you go. Although I won't say what the ending is here, spoilers or not, I was pleasantly surprised, and think it made the whole book worth it, which is the whole point of a good ending.