Dream to Me
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
From debut author Megan Paasch comes Dream to Me, a YA contemporary fantasy about generational magic, grief, and what it takes to forgive ourselves.
Eva Sylvan didn’t ask for any of this. Not the cross-country move with her sister to a town in the middle of nowhere, not the family estate, inherited from a late great-aunt, that’s falling apart at the hinges, and definitely not the sudden death of her beloved father. So when the locals react with hostility to the very mention of her last name, Eva’s pretty sure things can’t get any worse.
Until she has a dream about a gas station employee and the next day, he’s in a coma.
And then it happens again.
Something sinister is lurking in the corners of Eva's dreams, something that’s having devastating effects on the waking world. People are dropping left and right, and Eva finds herself squarely in the town's crosshairs. In order to defeat the shadows of her unconscious, Eva must not only unearth the magic tied to her family history, but she must confront the guilt that has been haunting her since her father’s death. Only she can save the town from the dark power in her dreams - if the threat is truly even her dreams at all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Packed with profound insights and ruminations on grief, Paasch's stirring fantasy debut follows 16-year-old Eva Sylvan, who is reeling from her father's death. Lacking the resources to continue living in N.Y.C., Eva and her 22-year-old half sister, Rhonda, travel to Madrona, Wash., to claim a heretofore unknown inheritance left for Eva by her great-aunt Miriam. The inheritance, and the house that comes with it, are not the fresh start they expected; instead, they're shocked to find the residence in horrible condition. The townsfolk offer no aid, avoiding the girls and claiming that Miriam was a witch. To make things worse, people around town fall into unexplained comas almost immediately after appearing in Eva's dreams, and, because she's a Sylvan, the residents turn against her. Despite her pariah status, Eva finds comfort in her new friend, Bethany, who is Vietnamese, and falls for enigmatic Cal, who lives with anomic aphasia and aphantasia. With dignity and grace, Paasch methodically addresses the intense loneliness of grief and survivor's guilt via Eva's careful exploration of her budding supernatural powers and her tender developing relationships, wrapping it in an intriguing mystery tinged with horror and romance. Main characters cue as white. Ages 13–up.
