Dreamsleeves
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4.7 • 10 Ratings
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . .Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under lock and key and put in charge of her younger siblings. The average girl might give up, but not Aislinn. A person, she says, should write their dreams on their sleeve, putting them out there for the world to see, because there's a good chance that someone might come along and help you make your dream come true. What begins as a plea for help for her father to stop drinking, turns into a spark that has the whole community making their own dreamsleeves. At times heartbreaking, DREAMSLEEVES is also surprising, powerful, and luminously hopeful. Everyone will see a little of themselves in Aislinn, a girl with talent, ambition, and big dreams.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The summer before eighth grade is proving difficult for 12-year-old Aislinn O'Neill. When her Nana leaves town for a few months, her father's drinking and physical and emotional abuse escalate, and Aislinn fears he'll never buy the family's promised dream house ("the one with the stream and the apple trees"). Her mother is pregnant with a sixth child, her uncles are serving in Vietnam, and Aislinn worries both that a boy named Mike Mancinello will never ask her out and that she's losing her best friend. Yet Aislinn's optimism, her Peely-Stick Shop (a blissfully isolated fort in the woods), and her "wide-awake dreams" keep her afloat and offer escape while she cares for her younger siblings. Adding to an overall uplifting atmosphere, Paratore (the Wedding Planner's Daughter series) begins each chapter with inspirational quotes from various writers, and she creates a believable home environment for her heroine. Aislinn is sympathetic, selfless, and strong, and her intimate narration carries this story about the difference between hoping for change and making it happen. Ages 10 14.
Customer Reviews
Loved it so much
GREAT book! I could read it over and over I couldn't put it down
Favorite Book!
I loved this book so much, I couldn't put it down! Aislin's such a strong girl despite her fathers drinking and I found her admiring. Overall an amazing story!