The Book Report, March 1st, 2001
Dessen, Sarah Dreamland 2000. 250pp. $15.99 hc. Viking Children's Books/Penguin Putnam. 0-670-89122-3. Grades 9-12
Date violence, like domestic violence, has no boundaries of race or economic standing. Upper-class high school senior Caitlin McKoren slowly slips into an abusive relationship as an escape from her troubled home life. Her older sister ran away at the end of the summer with a boy she hardly knew, leaving Caitlin and her parents to try to cope with the loss. Caitlin's mother becomes involved in the superficialities of her life, and her father immerses himself in his work. Caitlin...
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