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August 03, 2009

Fiction of the Week for August 3: Wake

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Wake by Lisa McMann is our featured Fiction this week.  We had some interesting things happen around it last week already (and  rumour has it there may be a little more to come along those lines), and selector Margaret here to tell us more about the winner of our BATTLE OF THE BOOKS...

Poor Janie Hannagan.  All she wants is to get through high school as normally as possible, but she can't.  She has a very special ability.  Janie can see other people's dreams, every wonderful, embarrassing, weird or just plain scary moment.  Janie is not too happy about her power as it complicates her life big time, especially her growing relationship with mysterious Caleb, but in the end it comes in handy...

Would you like the ability to see other people's dreams? If you could have a power or special ability, what would it be?  Read minds (like a certain sparkly vampire)?  See the future?  Invisibility? X-Ray vision? 

You can place a hold on the sequel to Wake, Fade, through the library catalogue and look for the third book in the series, GONE, to come out in February.  For lots of neat stuff like audio commentary by author Lisa McMann, desktop wallpapers, screen savers and even your own dream journal stationery, check out Lisa's website www.lisamcmann.com.

Margaret G is a teen librarian who wishes you all sweet dreams.

Comments

I really can't wait to get my hands on this book it seems so fatanacing. Hmm i guess if i had any special powers that's tough maybe to shape shift into anything i want. Or maybe to become super smart so i can build all types of things. that's really hard though

Oh yay didn't even realize that was the first commet. But ya i think i've decided and if i was to have any power i want it would porbaly be shapeshifting. because the possibilites are endless i could become a bird and soar high in the sky. or a fish and swim the depths of the seas.

Well i'm happy to say i finally put a hold on this book, now i just hope i'll be able to get it soon

Wake seems like a wonderful story, and i like the supernatural bit, and i'm hoping there will be some romance in it i dare to hope it's a good one too. so i'll definately check it out as soon as possible

You know there are actually two wake book in the library. one my sawyer robers and this one. gotta be careful to not get the wrong one. Same i hope the romance bit turns out well. also the supernatrual thing just makes this book more intresting

my book on hold is ready and i can't til tomorrow to pick it up

I just wrote the password for the top secret area and found out the secret area. You could find the password on teen word out bookmarks in libraries if anyone else wants to try.

ohh this sounds like my kind of book!

"Wake" sounds like a magical book that not only fantasy lovers would like to read, but everyone would like to read. Janie sounds very lucky and unique. I think that if you see other people's dreams, it might be cool so maybe the dreams realte to real life right? So i would probably love to have that abilty. I can't wait too see this and i also can't wait to see the what Janie does too seem normal. If i had any power in the world it would be to read people's thought even though its disturbing someone's privacy... people can just be a little curious right? I've read a book i forgot whats it called.. but its about a girl who's mom died and one day,her mom visits her at midnight on her birthday and for one year until her next birthday, she gets to go 15 seconds back in time. And its a funny book and she gets to being a geek into a popular girl who knows the good gossip before anyone (thanks to going back in time) and yea so i will try and remember whats its called. So thats story is similar to "Wake". So i will try to find the book. A question: is the book continued and like the sequl is going to revel whats going to happen next. Lisa McMann sounds unfamilar i don't think i read a book by her :( but yea i will try to find Wake!!

It does sound wonderful doesn't it. there are many fantasy books out there that question reality and makes you wonder. i think that's the best part of fantasy books.

I'm also getting those bookmarks though how was it possible you found out the title when all the bookmarks haven't been released yet. only to day five should be out

But i still gotta get this week bookmark. probaly tomorrow i'll try and get one.

Hi everyone... what's this talk about bookmarks i've never heard of that. where do you get one. I always like collecting bookmarks to date i have over 40.

But umm i think wake is unique compared to most of the other books because it has a situation like this that is so unbelievable that you just gotta find out what's gotta happen in the end

Me and my sister actually started collecting bookmarks ever since we got out first one from the library. since then we always go regualry to get more. because they always have diffrent kinds all the time

Funny i can never keep a bookmark for more than a few days i always end up losing mines. even when i try to keep it i either forget about it and loose it or i take it with me somewhere and don't bother on using it

Oh and the bookmark thing is related to the top secret thing on this website. you have to go to your local library to get a book mark. and if you collect all 8 it spells out a secret title that'll give you one extra chance in winning a prize.

I'm doing it mostly for the bookmarks. the more i have the less likely i'm going to loose them :)

Ooohh The book seems pretty interesting i m gonna put it on hold.
=)
If i had a special power it wud be mined control (tehe)

What rumours do you mean? What's gonna happen?

MaryAnn, you collect bookmarks too!!!? I thought I am like the only person around here. :)
I can't wait to collect all the bookmarks!

WOW THIS BOOK LOOKS REALLY GOOOOD!!! o_O

i really wanna try this, coz it reaminds me of twilight... more of "evermore"!!!!!!

lets see... if i wanted to have have a special ability, i would probably wanna.... read ppl's minds... no, wait!... become invisible... NO WAIT!!... read ppl's minds!!!

lol see it's not so easy to decided. Isn't there a power that let's you have all powers in one

If there was a power like that. it'd be the one i choose

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