"Dreamland"

Written By Sarah Dessen

Caitlin has always tried to live up to her sister, Cass. Cass is athletic, has good grades, and she understands Caitlin.On Caitlin's sixteenth birthday, Cass runs away, sending Caitlin into her own little dreamland, where nothing seems to be real. Caitlin starts to become her own person. She joins cheerleading with her best friend Rina. Even though she hates cheerleading, she doesn't quit because for the first time since her sister left, her mom begins smiling. Then Caitlin meets Rogerson, a cute bad boy with whom she begins spending all her time. He's the only one who makes her feel like Caitlin and not Cass's sister. But what will she do when being with Rogerson ends up being worse then being without him? Why won't Caitlin write her sister back? Will Cass ever come home? Is Cass the only one who would understand what shes going through? My favorite part of this book is when the truth about Rogerson finally comes out. It comes fast, but you sit there and think, finally!

My rating: 8/10. I liked the book, and the storyline was compelling. It wasn't, though, one of Sarah Dessen's best written stories.

-Lynn

  

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