Wake
Lisa McMann
- Reading
- You could read together at a pace that suits your child, pausing after unsettling dream scenes to check how they are finding the story before continuing.
- Themes
- Dreams and unwanted involvement: Janie is drawn into other people’s dreams, does not want this ability and feels unable to control it. A gruesome nightmare makes her a participant rather than only a witness. The story shifts Janie from witnessing another person’s nightmare to participating in it.
- Worth knowing
- Dream imagery includes falling, sexual scenarios and a gruesome nightmare described as chilling.