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Dream Spinner

Bonnie Dobkin (2006)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.55
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DivorceGrief

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryMysteryHeartwarming

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeFish out of WaterHaunted LocationTime TravelHidden IdentityMystery

Themes

Coming of AgeFamily DynamicsIdentityBlended FamiliesPast and PresentConnection Across TimeBelonging

Synopsis

When her family moves to an old house after her father remarries, fifteen-year-old Mary becomes increasingly immersed in dreams involving the people who lived in the house over one hundred years before.

Is Dream Spinner appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A gentle time-slip fantasy about a teen adjusting to a blended family while experiencing dreams connecting her to the house's past inhabitants. No violence, romance, or mature content.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include grief and divorce.

Who'll love this

Teens will connect with Mary's struggle to adjust to her new blended family while unraveling the mysteries of the people who lived in her house a century ago.

Tags

Historical FantasyParanormalTime Slip