Wide Awake in Dreamland

By John Duel

Book Overview

Nine-year-old Eddie has such a wonderful imagination that late one night he catches a Sandman who escorts him to Dreamland. Once there, he learns Mortimer has cast an evil spell on the Sandman's sand... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963092308
• ISBN13: 9780963092304
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Stargaze Pub
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Excellent Fantasy story

I read this book as an adult several years ago. I am a fan of fantasy books like Wrinkle in Time series, The Narnia Cronicals, and now the Harry Potter series. This book is as good, if not better then those. I now have children of my own and I just finished reading it to them and they love it. My daughter, like me, wish that there was a book 2, 3, 4,....In my youth I had the distict pleasure of working for a time with Mr. John Duel and I think back often with fond memories of his amazing wit, creativity, patience, and humanity.I hope some day he will add to the Dreamland story. We are patiently waitng.

wide awake is a miracle

John Duel's Wide Awake in Dreamland is mesmerizing and fascinating -- with ingenius plot, non-stop action, realistic character development, and fantastic settings. For me, it equals my other favorite children's novels, The Chronicles of Narnia and A Wrinkle in Time. Just imagine -- what if you were dreaming, but you couldn't wake up?

It was such a great book that I couldn't stop reading!

Wide awake in Dreamland is a great book. It shows that everyone has such a big imagination and that you can't run away from your problems, you have to face them.

Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down!

I found this a very intriguing book. It is a wonderful, adventurous, and exciting story for children, and yet adults find themselves reading the rest of the story after their children's bedtime. It is well written, and contains beautiful and imaginative illustrations. I recommend it for everyone's "Must Read" list.

A rollicking fantasy which has it all!

The story is a grabber from page 1. I originally picked it up to read to my son, but found myself reading on and on after he had fallen asleep.