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Witch Dreams | 
 enlarge | Author: Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 343257
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0761454608
EAN: 9780761454601
ASIN: 0761454608
Publication Date: August 2008
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A teenage witch enters other people's dreams to solve a murder
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 Excellent book, interesting twist, great title August 23, 2007
You won't know all the title entails until you read the whole book. I'll admit it doesn't take much to take me by surprise but this books ending fits it very well.
It takes slight madness to be genius. Vivian Vande Velde's an entertaining author. Short, short read, but it's worth it.
 Unique but choppy September 11, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Arguably, this book was written for someone much younger than myself, yet I found I still enjoyed reading it. The sentence structure is a bit choppy, but considering the lead character and the age group this book was intended for, it works.
The lead character, Nyssa, discovers that there is something about her that makes her different... she's a witch. So not only does she have to learn to deal with that fact, the fact she can enter other people's dreams, and then having to deal with the death of her parents, all at a very young age, there is plenty in this book to keep the action and suspense going.
The subject matter of the book, sorcery and witchcraft, may not appeal to everyone, but it is written from that fantasy perspective, and shows the human side of a very tough time for a young girl, written during a time period when things such as witchcraft and sorcery were a part of history. Remember, this was during a time period when witches were burned for practicing sorcery of any kind, thus adding to the drama of this young girl's life.
All in all, not a bad little book.
Surprise Ending July 17, 2006
Only VVV can pack so much in just 120 pages. Nyssa is a witch. When she goes to sleep with a token under her pillow (a lock of hair, a stone, a knife, a piece of clothe) she falls into the dreams of that person. Nyssa thought herself a selfish child until her parents were killed, now, six years later their killer has returned and she plans to expose him or else. But this strange young man seems to know more than Nyssa expects.
I can't say more, otherwise I'll ruin it. This book is advertized as young adult, but believe me, it doesn't matter if your an adult or young adult you'll love VVV's books. They're vivid, interesting, action packed, definitely worth your time. I've loved everyone I've read thus far.
A bit obvious, but still good July 10, 2006
Sixteen year old Nyssa is a witch; she has the power to share other people's dreams. In the medieval town of Lindenwolde, that's not a good thing. If anyone finds out she is a witch, she will be killed. However, Nyssa is compelled to use her witchcraft to answer the question which has been haunting her for the last six years: who broke into her father's woodworking shop and murdered her parents? Nyssa is sure that it was Elsdon, the son of the most powerful man in town. Witnesses saw him in the area near her father's shop several days before the murder, and one of Nyssa's neighbors even saw him fleeing the shop right after the murder took place. Of course, the magistrate is much more likely to believe Elsdon's parents than a hysterical orphan. How do you prove someone guilty when the only evidence you can get will condemn you to death?
The solution to the murder mystery in Witch Dreams is fairly obvious if you spend a while thinking about it. This doesn't stop the story from being engrossing and exciting. Although certainly not Vivian Vande Velde's best book (Never Trust a Dead Man and Heir Apparent share that distinction), it's still original and unusual. As in all of Vande Velde's books, there are several plot twists and red herrings thrown in to keep the story interesting and the reader guessing. Nyssa is an unusual, sympathetic protagonist, though very obviously driven to the point of obsession by her parents' deaths. The dream sequences are also done in a very unusual style: each dream sequence takes place in present tense, and from the point of view of the person having the dream.
All in all it's a good book. The mystery is a bit obvious, but the rest of the book is innovative and surprising.
Spine tingling! May 23, 2006
Omigosh! I never wanted to stop readingthis book. Chapter after chapter I read. There is a surprising ending that kept me guessing throughout the book. All I can say is "Spine Tingling!"
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