The Cure for Dreaming

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Winters, Cat.  The Cure for Dreaming. New York: Amulet Books, 2014.  978-1-4197-1216-6  368p. $19.95 Gr. 7+.

Set in Portland, Oregon, in 1900, The Cure for Dreaming has the promise of being a great historical YA novel.  When seventeen year-old Olivia Mead is thrust on stage as an audience volunteer at a Halloween performance by the mysterious hypnotist Henri Reverie, her life changes more than she bargains for.  Her father hires M. Reverie to hypnotize Olivia to keep her from becoming a wild woman who argues with men and hopes to vote.  Yet the opposite happens, and Olivia finds that she can see the world as it truly is…full of vampires and monsters.  Perhaps not entirely historically accurate, it’s an easy read that doesn’t take a lot of thought.  I would recommend this to a student who is interested in historical fiction and fantasy.

Historical Fiction; Fantasy                 Laura Ward, Fox Chapel Area High School

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