by Lisa McMann
First published 2010
Janie has finished high school and plans to spend summer with Cabel, her boyfriend. She loves him completely, but fear consumes her thoughts. Her supernatural ability to enter other people's dreams grows stronger and more destructive each time she uses it. The power that once seemed like a strange gift now threatens to destroy her body and mind. Her world shifts when she meets her father for the first time. He lies unconscious in a hospital bed, trapped in a coma she cannot penetrate. As Janie investigates his hidden history, she discovers he possessed the same dream abilities that now plague her. His past reveals the true cost of their shared power. The choice she believed she could make about her future carries consequences far worse than physical exhaustion or mental strain. Janie must decide whether to embrace her abilities or find a way to escape them, knowing that either path could lead to the same devastating end her father faced.
Genres: fantasy, contemporary, young-adult, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, family-drama
Setting: Hospital
Period: Summer
214 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: mental-illness