Jennifer Latham
Hardcover | Pages: 365 pages Rating: 4.21 | 6263 Users | 1182 Reviews
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| Title | : | Dreamland Burning |
| Author | : | Jennifer Latham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 365 pages |
| Published | : | February 21st 2017 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Mystery. Fiction |
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Some bodies won’t stay buried. Some stories need to be told.When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family’s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past, the present, and herself.
One hundred years earlier, a single violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what’s right the night Tulsa burns.
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| Original Title: | Dreamland Burning |
| ISBN: | 0316384933 (ISBN13: 9780316384933) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2019), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2020) |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 6263 Users | 1182 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Dreamland Burning
In short, I loved this book and thought that it did a fantastic job of bringing attention to race relations--both how far we've come and how far we still have to go. You can check out the full dual review that I posted (along with AJ from Read All the Things) on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction***Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher via BEA 2016 in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
You know it's a good book when I skip fireworks to finish.I resisted liking this book, primarily because I thought it was YA, and I don't generally enjoy YA books. This is YA only because the protagonists--it's a story told in two parts, present and past--are both 17. The situations they face are adult-not sexual, but definitely grown-up. The story opens with Rowan, the 17-yo daughter of two busy professional parents living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's summer vacation, and mom has set her up with a
Title: Dreamland BurningAuthor: Jennifer LathamPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Reviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: FiveReview:"Dreamland Burning" by Jennifer LathamMy Conclusion from reading ...'Dreamland Burning'.....After I saw a news coverage in my area about this author, her new novel "Dreamland Burning" and especially with her being from my area I knew I wanted to read her novel and also met her[and even got her autograph]. I am so glad to say I had that privilege of three
Oh my GOD this book. I need time to process before I can fully review.
Rowan's mother is Black. Her father is White. They're wealthy. He's a doctor; she's a lawyer. Rowan goes to a private school. Her sidekick is James. He's "part-Kiowa, part-black" (Kindle location 308). The house Rowan lives in (where the skeleton was found) was commissioned (to be built) by Will's parents, back in 1921. It, as Will describes it, is "more mansion than house" (Kindle location 363). The money to build it is not from his father, who owns a Victrola store, but from his mother. She's
Biased? Yes. But in all honesty, this book changed my life :)
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