The Dream Bearer

by Walter Dean Myers (Author)

The Dream Bearer
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Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
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David Curry doesn't know what to make of his father, Reuben, whose violent out bursts and chilling nightmares torment his family. His older brother, Tyrone, says Reuben is crazy. But lately, even Tyrone isn't acting like himself.

Then David meets the mysterious Mr. Moses, who tells him that dreams might be the only things we have that are real. And it is Mr. Moses's gift of dreams that gives David a new way to see inside his father's troubled heart.

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A 12-year-old boy living in Harlem meets a man who says he's more than 300 years old and that he is a dream bearer. According to PW, "Myers portrays a young man who, warts and all, emerges as a knowable and admirable hero." Ages 10-up. (Sept.)

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Kirkus

Starred Review

Moses’s dreams offer no easy solutions to David’s problems, but they become part of him, add to his knowledge, strength, and understanding, and nudge him toward a renewed relationship with his father and an appreciation of the danger and the magic of Harlem.

Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of books for children, and received numerous awards including a Newbery Honor, recognition as the National Ambassador for Young People's literature, and the first-ever Michael L. Printz award, a Coretta Scott King honor, and a National Book Award finalist for his novel Monster. He collaborated with Christopher Myers on Jazz (a Coretta Scott King Honor book) and wrote Here in Harlem.

Christopher Myers is a writer and fine artist, but he is best known for his award-winning picture books, including the Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor book Harlem, written by his father, and his own Black Cat and H.O.R.S.E, both of which received Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. He lives and works in New York City.
Classification
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ISBN-13
9780064472890
Lexile Measure
680
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 07, 2004
Series
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BISAC categories
YAF058000 - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
YAF007000 - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men
YAF046120 - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
Fathers and sons
New York (State)
New York
Family life
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

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