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Dreamland Social Club (2011)

by Tara Altebrando(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0525423257 (ISBN13: 9780525423256)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dutton Juvenile

review 1: This book was given to me to read by my local librarian, and I am glad she recommended it to me. I would never have picked this book up on my own; you can't judge a book by it's cover turns out to be so true in this case. Ironically, that is the message of the book too - that different can be beautiful. This book is set in Coney Island, and has some historical elements to add to the mystic of the novel. The main character is easily relatable, as she is a young girl trying to find out who she is in the world. I think I really related to her because she is so shy and unsure of herself in the beginning. As she gains confidence, she becomes a strong character.
review 2: Really brilliant novel interweaving both the past and present Coney Island and how the locals re... morelate to the changes. Growing up in the boardwalk areas of NJ myself, I understood these characters on so many levels. Much like Coney, Asbury Park has seen those same would be developers come and go as the boardwalk sits in ruins. However, in Coney, they keep shutting down existing structures to make room for gentrification. On another level, the protaganist Jane is a teenager struggling to know the mom she lost at age six. She is falling in love with the son of her mom's best friend and trying to finally fit in after a lifetime of moving. Powerful, moving book...and i LOVE the idea of a club that uses the movie "Freaks" as part of its acceptance ritual. Awesome book! less

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