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The Dream Merchant by Isabel Hoving

The Dream Merchant

Isabel Hoving

Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · October 11, 2005

A Fantasy pick for readers exploring The Dream Merchant.

YA FantasyYA Adventure
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Who it’s for
A dream-world adventure tangles with the past, where imagination and reality refuse to stay neatly apart.
Themes
Dreams and reality, The human imagination, Journey through the past
Pacing
Fast

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About this book

Winner of the Netherlands' most prestigious children's book award, this epic adventure quest draws readers deep into a collective dream world — and sweeps them along on a riveting journey through a reimagined past. "They're going to send you on a sales trip and it'll be the death of you — I know what's going on at Gippart. You're their guinea pig." Josh Cope is a bit of a dreamer . . . who sometimes steals things. Otherwise, he's just your average boy.

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So why is an international corporation calling him in the middle of the night, insisting that he come and work for them? Why would they be so convinced that Josh is the key to conquering their new market — the past? Drawn into this astonishing, whirlwind adventure, Josh soon finds himself in the middle of a nightmare, caught in a place between dreams and reality. For Josh and his friends to find their way back, they must follow a trail that takes them right into the very heart of the human imagination — and to the furthest ends of time itself.

Dreams and Deep Time

A dream-world adventure tangles with the past, where imagination and reality refuse to stay neatly apart.

Come here for

  • A collective dream world and a reimagined past
  • An adventure spanning dreams, history, and time

Expect

  • A whirlwind journey between nightmare and reality
  • A trail into the reaches of human imagination

Where it sits

YA Adventure91%
YA Fantasy40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Exploration & Discovery
Authors
Isabel Hoving
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
October 11, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Dreams and reality · The human imagination · Journey through the past
Reading lane
Action & Adventure