Dreamers Often Lie (eBook)

Jacqueline West (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
368 Seiten
Penguin Young Readers Group (Verlag)
978-0-698-40788-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Liar meets Romeo and Juliet in this Shakespeare-inspired young adult novel about whether to trust yourself when everyone is telling you your instincts are wrongfor fans of Holly Black, Laini Taylor, and Black Swan, by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline West. Jaye wakes up in the hospital, disoriented, and beset by a slippery morphing of reality into something else. She repeatedly sees a boy who she feels like she knowsbut that's impossible. Determined to get back to school and back toA Midsummer Night's Dream, in which she's starring, she lies to her sister, her mom, and her doctorsshe's fine, she says. She's fine, she's fine, she's fine. But then on her first day back, she takes a seat in class . . . next to the mysterious boy. Queasy with anxiety ("e;I can'tsee you,"e; she hisses at him, "e;because you're not reallyhere"e;), Jaye realizes this boy is, in fact, real. And he has no idea what she's talking about. Caught between this fascinating, empathetic new kid and her childhood friend turned recent love interest, Jaye begins to notice unnerving similarities between her circumstances and those of some of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Secret kisses, tingling banter, and clandestine meet-ups give way to darker, muddier incidents. As things escalate to a frightening pitch, how much of what's happening is real, how much is in Jaye's head, and how much does it matter as she's hurtling toward a fateful end over which she seems to have no control?From the Hardcover edition.

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New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline West makes her YA debut in this Shakespeare-inspired novel for fans of Holly Black and Laini Taylor"e;If you liked the trippy hallucinations of Black Swan, you'll be mesmerized by Jacqueline West's eerie new YA romance."e;—Entertainment WeeklyWho can you trust when you can't trust yourself?Jaye wakes up from a skiiing accident with a fractured skull, a blinding headache, and her grip on reality sliding into delusion. Determined to get back to her starring role in the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jaye lies to her sister, her mom, her doctors. She's fine, she says. She's fine. If anyone knew the truth—that hallucinations of Shakespeare and his characters have followed her from her hospital bed to the high school halls—it would all be over. She's almost managing to pull off the act when Romeo shows up in her anatomy class. And it turns out that he's 100 percent real. Suddenly Jaye has to choose between lying to everyone else and lying to herself.Troubled by this magnetic boy, a long-lost friend turned recent love interest, and the darkest parts of her family's past, Jaye's life tangles with Shakespeare's most famous plays until she can't tell where the truth ends and pretending begins. Soon, secret meetings and dizzying first kisses give way to more dangerous things. How much is real, how much is in Jaye's head, and how much does it matter as she flies toward a fate over which she seems to have no control?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• ISBN-10: 0-698-40788-1 / 0698407881
• ISBN-13: 978-0-698-40788-6 / 9780698407886