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Wake Hardcover – March 4, 2008
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For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody- notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.
She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.
Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateMarch 4, 2008
- Grade level9 - 12
- Reading age14 years and up
- Dimensions5.5 x 1.2 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-101416953574
- ISBN-13978-1416953579
- Lexile measure530L
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- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; First Edition (March 4, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1416953574
- ISBN-13 : 978-1416953579
- Reading age : 14 years and up
- Lexile measure : 530L
- Grade level : 9 - 12
- Item Weight : 11.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,218,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author

Lisa McMann lives in Tempe, Arizona. She is married to fellow writer, Matt McMann, and they have two adult children. Her son is artist Kilian McMann, and her daughter is actor Kennedy McMann.
Lisa was born in Holland, Michigan, and she lived there until 2004, when she moved to Arizona with her family. She also spends parts of the year in Sacramento, CA, and Vancouver, BC, Canada. Her first book, Wake, came out in 2008.
In her spare time, Lisa likes to take walks and cook. She also likes to watch TV and movies and loves to read fantasy, realistic fiction, memoirs, and books about cooking and wine.
Lisa is the author of over two dozen books for young adults and children. Some of her most well-known books are The Unwanteds series for middle grade readers and the Wake trilogy for young adults.
The Forgotten Five: Map of Flames was an instant New York Times bestseller in March 2022. It's is the first book in Lisa's new middle grade fantasy series. It's about five supernatural kids who were born in a deserted hideout and abandoned by their criminal parents. They find a flaming map and enter civilization for the first time in search of treasure...and they hope to find their parents, too. But they soon discover that civilization is not kind to supernatural people like them. Book 2, The Invisible Spy, will be out November 8, 2022.
Lisa talks about the inspiration for her stand-alone middle grade novel, Clarice the Brave (Putnam 2021), here: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/a-season-of-bravery-by-lisa-mcmann/
There are 7 books in The Unwanteds series:
Book 1, THE UNWANTEDS
Book 2, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Silence
Book 3, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Fire
Book 4, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Legends
Book 5, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Shipwrecks
Book 6, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Graves
Book 7, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Dragons
THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS series is a spinoff with many of the same characters--seven books in this one, too!
Book 1, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Captives
Book 2, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Bones
Book 3, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Ghosts
Book 4, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Curse
Book 5, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Fire
Book 6, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Slayers
Book 7, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Fury
Check out the Going Wild trilogy for middle grade readers as well -- all three books are in paperback, hardcover, and ebook.
For older readers, Lisa has written the WAKE trilogy, about a
seventeen-year-old girl named Janie who gets sucked into other people's
dreams. She has two stand-alone young adult thrillers, CRYER'S CROSS and DEAD
TO YOU. And another trilogy, called VISIONS, with books CRASH, BANG, and GASP. Fans of the WAKE trilogy will enjoy this one.
Want the inside scoop? Find Lisa on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Twitter @lisa_mcmann. Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/McMannFan. Her website is lisamcmann.com--join her mailing list there!
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Janie realized at a young age she had to avoid people who were sleeping. She manages to do so pretty well at home since her mother is usually passed out drunk. Janie is generally avoided at school since her clothes are too small or grungy or not the current fad, but when Carrie moves in next door, she doesn't let prejudice and gossip dictate who she will be friends with. Unfortunately, that means she is also friends with Melinda, the Queen Bee who hates Janie with a passion. When Carrie invites them both over for a sleepover, Janie's journey into Carrie and Melinda's dreams are too much information. She realizes sleepovers are just not a good idea.
Janie works hard, saving money for college, since their mother drinks any money that didn't go to pay the rent. When Cabel, another kid who was generally ignored through high school, shows up at school with a new haircut, a new wardrobe, and has all the other girls drooling, Janie is shocked when he pays attention to her. Their budding relationship is rocky at best, especially since they both seem to be hiding something. When Janie admits her ability, she expects Cabel to share his secrets too, but instead he sends her mixed messages. When he starts hanging out and partying with the popular crowd and rumors start floating that he is a drug dealer, Janie refuses to speak to him. But what she doesn't realize is there is much more to Cabel's life than he is allowed to tell her. So much, it makes her dream walking seem pretty tame!
Wake was a fun little book, only topping out at 200 pages. It is broken up really well with chapters broken up in chunks of time according to what Janie is doing at the time. This makes it a good book for oral reading in one-on-one tutoring or to be read in short chunks. Because it is so broken up, you have frequent places to stop without breaking up the action. The story is very tame and appropriate for younger students. The writing level is fairly low, but it deals with serious topics such as alcoholism and drugs, so it would also be appropriate for an older student with low reading skills.
The story itself is interesting, but not terribly complicated. I will admit I didn't see the truth behind Cabel's life coming, but once it was explained, I could see how McMann was setting it up (I was just dense- a more savvy reader might figure it out earlier). That makes this a bad book for any of those kids who can analyze and dissect a movie plot 10 minutes into it (I am not one of those people- Usual Suspects and Sixth Sense were made for people like me). Those kinds of kids might get bored by this story. Even so, it is a good middle reader-ish story and I enjoyed it. I also plan to pick up the other two books in the trilogy because it ended with tons of potential for Janie and Cabel's future!
Lisa McMann did an incredible job at captivating me as her reader right from the start. From page one, I knew I wasn't going to be able to put it down until I finished it. As a writer, she had a rare ability to -- literally -- launch me, head first, into this story. The protagonist, Janie, takes you through her incredible and thrilling world of dream visions, where she is held captive and dragged through other people's thoughts, memories, nightmares and physiological wonders. The dreamers do not know that she is there, and Janie cannot comprehend as to why it keeps happening, which makes it difficult for her to understand the importance of her presence. What's worse is, each time it happens, the severity of the situation increases, making it harder for Janie to pull herself out out of them... One daunting one in particular is not only challenging to escape, but toilsome to witness.
Her mother is barely in the picture and has no idea of Janie's capabilities. Her best friend (whom is not shallow -- which I LOVE!!) is actually there for her whenever she is can be, but has her own secrets and burdens to bare. With kids in High School drifting to sleep daily, all Janie wants to do is blend in and find some peace and quiet and make it stop so she can rest. Then enters Cabel. Dark, mysterious Cabel, who's made it a goal to go his own way and do his own thing in order to escape his troublesome, drug-related past and never-ending bad-boy reputation. The last thing Janie needs is to be caught up in something else she can't control, but one nightmare sequence and a wicked street name later, and Cabel and Janie embark on her journey together -- for their own individual reasons. What they didn't expect to find was how close they were linked together, and how they could possibly be able to help each other out.
This story was absolutely compelling. I loved the twists and turns that left me guessing and holding onto the edge of my seat. The one thing that did bother me was, as the plot thickened and the pace sped faster, the writing did become a bit choppy -- which I know can render a lot of readers because once a story that contained full sentences and well-written explanatory paragraphs suddenly turns into fragmented lines and disconnected phrases, you start feeling a little whip-lashed. Granted, it's how the author wanted to display the urgency and spiral in the plot, and that I can respect. Lisa McMann's Wake provides wonderful, easy to enjoy characters, and a plot that is so gripping, you'll barely have time to nitpick the fragments; all you'll want to do figure out what will happen next.
Allowing this book to sit on my shelf for so long may have been a huge mistake, but reading it was not. I enjoyed the book thoroughly and have since added both Fade and Gone (Wake`s successors) to my to-buy list and moved them to the very top of my cart, as I cannot wait to see what happens next with Janie and Cabel's journeys. Until then, I'm sure I'll be dreaming of what could be, considering the story is stuck in my head. Thankfully, I wouldn't have it any other way. That's what happens when a fresh writer comes into your life.
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Janie's gift is fascinating, and to be able to see what other people are dreaming about is both scary and interesting, taking voyeurism to a whole new level. Being a dreamcatcher has its pros and cons; the pros being the chance to help people and solve crimes, with the cons leaning more towards physical ailments and the loss of privacy. The sense that people's deepest, darkest secrets are hidden in their dreams is a constant problem for Janie, because how do you draw the line? How can she keep herself grounded? All are questions the reader is faced with, along with a couple of moral questions of our own.
Cabel is a fantastic male character, and compliments Janie's personality perfectly. He understand her, he helps her, and ultimately becomes her go-to person when she's in trouble. Their relationship progresses as any normal one should -- with a certain amount of trepidation and hesitation. These are characters that can't afford to slip up or make a wrong move: too much is at stake, and this definitely shows through in their attutudes towards each other.
Lisa McMann's writing is simple but stylish, and is the only time I've come across this particular prose. She brings something new to the YA table, and makes sure to target a wide audience by having her story include many different components. Romance, danger, and the difference between right and wrong are just a few of the elements waiting for you within the pages of Wake, and if you haven't yet read it, give it a go -- I don't think you'll be disappointed.
In the story we follow Janie, who has an unfortunate ability to get sucked in to other people's dreams. She meets Cabel, a mysterious boy who pushes her home from a dance on his skateboard when she is forced to walk home barefoot by some pinching shoes. I fell in love with him right then, although it took Janie a while longer. Their relationship is developed in an intelligent and interesting way, and I love these characters. They don't need anyone to look after them; but they come to need each other. This book makes my heart pound. I love how you get to see how Cabel feels about Janie as she does through his dreams, and the waking interplay between them is just delicious. Cabel is a boy of few words, but long, intense looks and he is one of my all-time favorite leading men.
My one word of warning about this book is that it contains a number of instances of strong cursing.
good things = nice idea, and was quite short so didn't have to endure it for long.






