| Alphabet of Dreams Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Fletcher, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689851529 ISBN-13: 9780689851520 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Mitra and her brother Babak are exiled royals living on the streets as orphaned beggars. Babak possesses a strange gift of being able to know someone's dreams, and soon they find themselves on the road to Bethlehem in this biblical epic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Ancient Civilizations - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005036264 |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 4.27" W x 7.07" (0.48 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107898 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the city of the dead, a dreamer awakens.... Young Babak has a magnificent gift: He can dream the future. Mitra, his brave older sister, is sworn to protect him. For them to survive living on the streets, she must do whatever is necessary -- including using her brother's talent for profit. When Babak is asked to dream for a powerful Magus, he receives a mysterious vision of two stars dancing in the night. Determined to solve this prophetic riddle, the Magus takes the boy and his sister on an arduous journey across the desert. What they discover will change the world in a way that no dream could ever predict.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Fletcher, Susan: - Susan Fletcher is the acclaimed author of Journey of the Pale Bear; as well as the Dragon Chronicles, composed of Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, Sign of the Dove, and Ancient, Strange, and Lovely; and the award-winning Alphabet of Dreams, Shadow Spinner, Walk Across the Sea, and Falcon in the Glass. Ms. Fletcher lives in Bryan, Texas. Visit her at Susan Fletcher.com. |