Dreamsleeves
Dreamsleeves by Coleen Murtagh Paratore (for ages 10 and up)
It's summertime, and Aislinn O'Neill only has 9 weeks before the start of 8th grade. Aislinn is the oldest of 5 children named in alphabetical order. After her is Beck, Callie, Dooley, and Eddie. Because of that, everyone just calls her A.
A hopes to spend the summer conducting summer school in the shed for B, C, D, and E, and trying to get Mike Mancinello to like her. But when the family drops Nana off at the airport for her summer-long trip, everything starts to go downhill. With Nana gone, A is the only one home all day with the little ones. And if her father gets too angry, A won't have Nana to run to for help. Her father seems to be drinking more and his behavior is getting worse and worse. Like when he woke her up in the middle of the night, screaming at her to clean crumbs off the kitchen floor. A swept the floor, but there weren't any crumbs.
No one ever talks about it, but A's father has a problem. And now A's mom is pregnant again after the doctor told her not to have any more. To top it all off, A's best friend Maizey is barely spending any time with her. Aislinn has to figure out how to get her dad to stop drinking before all their lives fall apart. It's going to be a tough summer, but A has big dreams that will pull her through.
--Emily, Scholastic Booktalker
cool hope i can get it at the library :)
Comment #26 | Posted by: yazmiin on May 25, 2012 at 04:11 PM
that book is cool and awsome
Comment #27 | Posted by: camille on May 26, 2012 at 04:16 PM
hey do you know what makes me mad.what makes me mad is that people make books that are only for ages 10 and up.why cant authors just make books for everyone.
Comment #28 | Posted by: eaglenebula3 on May 28, 2012 at 08:56 PM
i'm gonna read it.
Comment #29 | Posted by: readingmonkey8 on May 29, 2012 at 07:27 PM
Looks Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #30 | Posted by: butterflyangel87 on May 29, 2012 at 10:12 PM
i'm having a great time.
Comment #31 | Posted by: sailingclimbing4 on May 30, 2012 at 08:18 AM
sounds like a great book
Comment #32 | Posted by: lonerascal5 on June 01, 2012 at 04:14 PM
i CANT wait to read it i hope the libary has it
Comment #33 | Posted by: BLUEBROWNIE358 on June 13, 2012 at 10:48 PM
you know what I don't like about the book is it is only for 10 and up.why do they have to put 10 and up and i'm 9 so i can't read it.It's like authors and stuff just don't think that we can't handle it.but i think that we should be able to read any book we want.
Comment #34 | Posted by: eaglenebula3 on June 20, 2012 at 08:55 AM
i loved this book i total want to read it again it will seam boring but the forther you go into it the better it will get i prommise
Comment #35 | Posted by: Kate on December 04, 2012 at 06:46 PM