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Wake: Library Edition Preloaded Digital Audio Player – Unabridged, January 1, 2010

by Ellen Grafton (Narrator), Lisa McMann (Author)
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Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power.
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  1. Language
    English
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    Brilliance Audio Lib Edn
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 2010
  4. Grade level
    9 - 12
  5. Reading age
    14 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    4.75 x 1.25 x 7.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1441837701
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1441837707
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brilliance Audio Lib Edn; Unabridged edition (January 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1441837701
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1441837707
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.75 x 1.25 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 506 ratings

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Lisa McMann

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Lisa McMann lives in Tempe, Arizona. She is married to fellow writer, Matt McMann, and they have two adult children. Her son is artist Kilian McMann, and her daughter is actor Kennedy McMann.

Lisa was born in Holland, Michigan, and she lived there until 2004, when she moved to Arizona with her family. She also spends parts of the year in Sacramento, CA, and Vancouver, BC, Canada. Her first book, Wake, came out in 2008.

In her spare time, Lisa likes to take walks and cook. She also likes to watch TV and movies and loves to read fantasy, realistic fiction, memoirs, and books about cooking and wine.

Lisa is the author of over two dozen books for young adults and children. Some of her most well-known books are The Unwanteds series for middle grade readers and the Wake trilogy for young adults.

The Forgotten Five: Map of Flames was an instant New York Times bestseller in March 2022. It's is the first book in Lisa's new middle grade fantasy series. It's about five supernatural kids who were born in a deserted hideout and abandoned by their criminal parents. They find a flaming map and enter civilization for the first time in search of treasure...and they hope to find their parents, too. But they soon discover that civilization is not kind to supernatural people like them. Book 2, The Invisible Spy, will be out November 8, 2022.

Lisa talks about the inspiration for her stand-alone middle grade novel, Clarice the Brave (Putnam 2021), here: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/a-season-of-bravery-by-lisa-mcmann/

There are 7 books in The Unwanteds series:

Book 1, THE UNWANTEDS

Book 2, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Silence

Book 3, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Fire

Book 4, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Legends

Book 5, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Shipwrecks

Book 6, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Graves

Book 7, THE UNWANTEDS: Island of Dragons

THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS series is a spinoff with many of the same characters--seven books in this one, too!

Book 1, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Captives

Book 2, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Bones

Book 3, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Ghosts

Book 4, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Curse

Book 5, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Fire

Book 6, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Slayers

Book 7, THE UNWANTEDS QUESTS: Dragon Fury

Check out the Going Wild trilogy for middle grade readers as well -- all three books are in paperback, hardcover, and ebook.

For older readers, Lisa has written the WAKE trilogy, about a

seventeen-year-old girl named Janie who gets sucked into other people's

dreams. She has two stand-alone young adult thrillers, CRYER'S CROSS and DEAD

TO YOU. And another trilogy, called VISIONS, with books CRASH, BANG, and GASP. Fans of the WAKE trilogy will enjoy this one.

Want the inside scoop? Find Lisa on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Twitter @lisa_mcmann. Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/McMannFan. Her website is lisamcmann.com--join her mailing list there!

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Melissa Henstra
5.0 out of 5 stars You'll snap at poeple for interrupting you
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2008
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I had my doubts, this is the kind of story line that can go very badly in the wrong writers hands. Lucky for us Lisa McMann is in the zone here. Granted this is not a long book, but I read it start to finish within a couple hours. I couldn't put it down. Another reviewer said that this book reads like watching a movie, and I couldn't agree more. Janie Hannagan is the kind of character that readers love, she draws you in and for the space of 224 pages her emotions are your emotions. The romance is sweet but not overpowering and really adds to the story instead of detracting from it.

McMann writes in a format similar to Stephenie Meyer  The Twilight Collection (Twilight) kind of stream of consciousness, like writing in a journal. From what I can tell this is Lisa McMann's first published novel and if Wake is any indication she's deffinitely an author to watch. there will be a sequal to Wake and the auther's blog says it's dure out in the fall of this year titled Fade.
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Danielle M. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Start to a Series
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2010
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"These books were wonderful! They are short quick reads that anyone from age 15/16 and up would enjoy. Which is part of why I think it recently won the ALA's award Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
"McMann's concept of a girl who can fall in and out of someone's dream at any given moment is refreshingly original. Her character Janie has lived a hard life and has a hard time learning to trust anyone but herself. Although she soon finds out that that may be her only way to survive the dreams and sometimes nightmares she must endure. If I had any hang up about this series it would have to do with some more mature scenes in the second book. Thus, the 15/16 or older recommendation. Other than that, a great series that will have you glued to the book until the very last page!"
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Karissa Eckert
4.0 out of 5 stars Creative, engaging, great characterization but painfully short.
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2009
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I thought this book had an interesting premise and ended up being a pretty good book. It was very engaging and intriguing and a little bit spooky.

Janie has a odd problem; she gets sucked into other peoples dreams. And not when she is sleeping. If someone falls asleep near her during school or at work she blacks out and is propelled into their dream. Needless to say it is making her life a mess and, with an alcoholic mother who doesn't even acknowledge Janie's existence as her only parent, Janie's life is screwed up enough. Enter Cabel the stoner at school, he always falls asleep in study hall and Janie knows what he dreams about sometimes...her. But maybe Janie has more control over other people's dreams than she knows, maybe she can help them and help others.

This book is written in an interesting style. It is broken down by date and time, starting when Janie is a little girl with large breaks in time. As the book continues and Janie enters high school the breaks in time are only hours or minutes apart.

Overall it is an interesting idea and the characters are very engaging. You feel for all these poor teens stuck in crappy home situations. You feel for Janie who is trying to work so that she can go to college. She works in a nursing home, where sometimes people fall asleep...making Janie collapse on the job. The characterization is really the strongest part of this book, that and the creative idea of Janie's problem.

The story is complete, and this could be a stand alone book. Except it isn't...there are supposed to be two more books about Janie and Caleb (Fade and Gone). The story does hint at the end that there could be more to Janie's dream problem and she could have powers she doesn't grasp yet.

While the story is suspenseful and griping and a page-turner...it is painfully short. Almost more of a novella; it took me just over an hour to read the book.

I am excited to read the next book and I love McMann's writing and characterization. I hope that the next book has a bit more elaborate storyline to it and that the book is a bit longer. Very creative overall.
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Susan O'Neill
5.0 out of 5 stars When life is not a dream
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2008
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Adolescents beware: Lisa McMann knows you. She knows your insecurities. She knows how you might look so together, yet be so screwed up.

This is why Wake rang so true for me--because I remember what it was like to be 15, 16, 17. It wasn't a lovely, dreamy existence; it was somewhat akin to living in a shark tank.

So I can relate to Janie's fear that she's a freak. It makes sense; she slips into other people's dreams, after all. Nasty, nasty dreams. Makes it kind of hard to look a friend in the eyes, when you've seen him beating his father to a pulp.

As an adult, I can also relate to Janie's dismissal of adults. She has yet to learn that we're all just older teenagers. So when McMann skillfully adds a touch of mystery, now and then, to the actions of Janie's miserably inept mother, I love it. Funny stuff. Well-written stuff. Scary stuff. Surprisingly believable fantasy stuff.

Can't wait for the next book.

And I'm 60 years old.

Susan O'Neill, author:  Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
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5.0 out of 5 stars Totally fresh - I loved it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2012
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I loved the style of Wake - it was bitesize and that made it easy to devour in one sitting. The style is quite different from anything I have ever read before; it reminds me almost of a newspaper report because it is written in the third person, but in the present tense. For whatever reason, that really works for me. I find that because the level of detail is kept to a really light level, there was a lot of room for me to imagine things in this story. In fact, I felt upon finishing that I had never before had such a strong sense of place in a book - usually I read descriptions and sort of cobble together an idea of what I should be thinking of, but I sometimes get too lost in the detail.

In the story we follow Janie, who has an unfortunate ability to get sucked in to other people's dreams. She meets Cabel, a mysterious boy who pushes her home from a dance on his skateboard when she is forced to walk home barefoot by some pinching shoes. I fell in love with him right then, although it took Janie a while longer. Their relationship is developed in an intelligent and interesting way, and I love these characters. They don't need anyone to look after them; but they come to need each other. This book makes my heart pound. I love how you get to see how Cabel feels about Janie as she does through his dreams, and the waking interplay between them is just delicious. Cabel is a boy of few words, but long, intense looks and he is one of my all-time favorite leading men.

My one word of warning about this book is that it contains a number of instances of strong cursing.
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虹色眼鏡
4.0 out of 5 stars おもしろい！
Reviewed in Japan on February 19, 2010
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17歳の女子高生Ｊａｎｉｅは、８歳の頃から特別な能力を持っている。それは、人の夢に入り込むこと。

漫画みたいなコンセプトだけど、スリリングで面白いです。恋愛もあり。友情もあり。

最初は自分の能力に振り回されて苦しむんだけど、だんだんその力をコントロールすることができるようになってきます。それまでのＪａｎｉｅの苦しみも読み応えがあるし、そこからのストーリーの展開にも目が離せませんでした。

一冊がびっくりするほど薄いので、正直期待していませんでしたが、ぜひシリーズ全部読んでみたいです。
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PJ Rankine
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2009
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Yet another wonderful book written for young teens. The story is about a 17 year old girl called Janie who gets sucked into other people's dreams and how she learns how to control it. On the way you explore her life at home and high school, relationships with her alcoholic mother and peers and her hopes and aspirations. Its not a long book by any means which means your teen if you have one will probably finish it, read it before you give it to them, you won't be disappointed. I'm giving it to my 71 year old mother for Christmas because she enjoys a good read and this is definitely one.
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katrinheartsbooks
4.0 out of 5 stars Toller Schreibstil
Reviewed in Germany on June 29, 2011
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Janie besitzt eine seltsame Gabe: Sie kann in die Träume anderer Menschen eindringen. Doch für Janie ist es eher ein Fluch als eine Gabe. Sie weiß nicht, wie sie es kontrollieren kann und so wird sie zu jeder erdenklichen Tageszeit und in allen möglichen Situationen in Träume gezogen. Janie erfährt auf diesem Weg sehr viel über den Träumer. Doch sie kann niemanden darauf ansprechen, da die Träumer sich nicht daran erinnern können, dass sie Janie im Traum begegnet sind. Oft muss Janie auch schlimme Albträume miterleben. Sie möchte den Träumern dann gerne helfen, doch sie weiß nicht wie.
Janie freundet sich im Laufe der Geschichte mit einem Jungen aus ihrer Schule an: Cabel. Er ist ein ziemlich undurchsichtiger Typ. Irgendwann findet Janie heraus, dass er der Träumer eines besonders schlimmen Traumes ist, den sie einmal miterlebt hat. Doch bei seinem Traum ist etwas anders...Cabel kann sich nach dem Aufwachen daran erinnern, dass er Janie in seinem Traum begegnet ist. Dadurch erfährt Cabel von Janies Geheimnis. Das verbindet die beiden, doch es hält nicht lange an. Cabel wird in kriminelle Machenschaften verstrickt und verhält sich seltsam. Können er und Janie wieder zueinander finden? Sollte Janie ihn überhaupt zurückwollen?
Zeitgleich versucht Janie Kontrolle über ihre Gabe zu bekommen. Sie erhält hierbei Hilfe von einer anderen Traumfängerin. So lernt Janie mit der Zeit, wie sie den Träumern helfen kann.
Zu Ende findet sie auch heraus, was es mit Cabels Verhalten auf sich hat. Doch die Story ist hier noch lange nicht zu Ende, denn nun da Janie besser mit der Gabe umgehen kann, wird sie auch versuchen, diese aktiv anzuwenden.

Meine Meinung: Mir hat das Buch sehr gefallen. Es ist eine mysteriöse Handlung in einer tollen Atmosphäre. Ich möchte vor allem den Schreibstil hervorheben. Die Geschichte wird in kurzen, prägnanten Sätzen erzählt. Dadurch wird man nie von der Handlung abgelenkt. Man hat das Gefühl immer mittendrin zu sein. Ich konnte das Buch nicht mehr weglegen und habe es in wenigen Stunden fertig gelesen.
Janie als Person fand ich auch sehr erfrischend. Sie kommt aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen, wird als White Trash bezeichnet, kennt ihren Vater nicht und hat eine Alkoholikerin zur Mutter. Doch man hat den Eindruck, dass sie sich nie unterkriegen lässt. Diese schlechten Voraussetzungen, haben sie sogar stärker gemacht. Sie wirkt nicht wie ein Teenager, sonder eher wie eine Erwachsene. Mir gefällt es, wie sie ihr Leben selbst in die Hand nimmt.
Ich habe mir schon Teil 2 und 3 bestellt, da ich unbedingt wissen möchte, wie die Handlung weitergeht.
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Jenny, Wondrous Reads
4.0 out of 5 stars Wake
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2009
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This series is one of my favourites, and I think Lisa McMann does a really good job of drawing the reader straight into the story.

Janie's gift is fascinating, and to be able to see what other people are dreaming about is both scary and interesting, taking voyeurism to a whole new level. Being a dreamcatcher has its pros and cons; the pros being the chance to help people and solve crimes, with the cons leaning more towards physical ailments and the loss of privacy. The sense that people's deepest, darkest secrets are hidden in their dreams is a constant problem for Janie, because how do you draw the line? How can she keep herself grounded? All are questions the reader is faced with, along with a couple of moral questions of our own.

Cabel is a fantastic male character, and compliments Janie's personality perfectly. He understand her, he helps her, and ultimately becomes her go-to person when she's in trouble. Their relationship progresses as any normal one should -- with a certain amount of trepidation and hesitation. These are characters that can't afford to slip up or make a wrong move: too much is at stake, and this definitely shows through in their attutudes towards each other.

Lisa McMann's writing is simple but stylish, and is the only time I've come across this particular prose. She brings something new to the YA table, and makes sure to target a wide audience by having her story include many different components. Romance, danger, and the difference between right and wrong are just a few of the elements waiting for you within the pages of Wake, and if you haven't yet read it, give it a go -- I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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