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The Dream Master

The Dream Master

Summary

'There are always rules . . . I am the Dream Master. Not you. What I say goes. And I say this dream is gone, so beat it.'

There are good dreams and there are rotten dreams, but once they're over, they're over. Or are they? For one morning, as Cy is about to wake up from a terrific dream about Ancient Egypt, he discovers that he can get back into his dream world. There's just one problem: the Dream Master, who isn't used to stroppy boys standing up to him and wanting to break all the rules. And as Cy moves back and forth between the present day and the land of the pharaohs - sorting out all kinds of problems with schoolwork and bullies - dream life and real life become ingeniously intertwined!

Reviews

  • Pacy, clever and entertaining with a surprising denouement
    The Sunday Times

About the author

Theresa Breslin

THERESA BRESLIN is the Carnegie Medal-winning author of over thirty books for children & young adults, whose work has appeared on stage, radio and TV. Her books are hugely popular with young people, librarians and teachers. Remembrance, her YA novel about young people in WW1, was a bestseller, and Whispers in the Graveyard won the Carnegie Medal. The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, and Divided City was shortlisted for ten book awards, winning two outright.
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