Lucid

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What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?

Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other.

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Overview

What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?

Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other.

The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiraling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever.

This is a dazzling debut that will steal readers' hearts.

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Sloane and Maggie have a problem. They have never met, but their dream lives have blurred together so neither can quite sure who she is. To outsiders, that's no problem: Sloane is a bright student enjoying the warmth and comfort of a supportive family. Meanwhile, Maggie continues her independent, somewhat improvised life as a promising young actress trying to make it in the big city. How they sort out their shared shut-eye lives is the subject of this fetching debut novel. (P.S. This is Ron Bass' first novel, but he isn't an unknown. He is the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Rain Man and his other film writing credits include My Best Friend's Wedding, Amelia, and Just Like Heaven. Co-author Adrienne Stolz is his longtime writing partner.)

VOYA - Karen Jensen
When Maggie goes to sleep at night, she closes her eyes and dreams about the day that Sloane has had. When Sloan goes to sleep, she dreams about Maggie’s day. The two girls seem to be living one another’s lives in their dreams. What happens if one of them goes to sleep and the other one just is not there? Who, if either, of these two girls is living the real life? Maggie is a glamorous actress. Sloane is a straight A-student from a small coastal town. Each girl falls in love. Each girl deals with loss, and the reader is left with the growing question: is any of this real or is it madness? This is complex psychological drama that requires readers to pay close attention; think Inception, Black Swan, and the like, but in book form for teens. Lucid touches on themes of family, self acceptance and identity, first love, and the desire to live a life more glamorous then the one you are living (“Maybe that’s why I invented her. Because I want to be like that, I want to make my own life happen.”). This is a haunting and touching read that will appeal to fans of books told with twisting voices like Wintergirls (Viking, 2009/Voya April 2009) by Laurie Halse Anderson. This is what nuanced storytelling is all about--challenging and fulfilling with each turn of the page. There are sexual references. Ages 15 to 18.
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up—Sloane is a motivated student living in Mystic, Connecticut, with her mom, dad, and two brothers, and she has several close friends. She hopes to attend Columbia after graduation. Maggie is a loner and a free spirit who is working on her GED while pursuing an acting career in New York City. Her mother works long hours, and the teen is left to take care of her seven-year-old sister. These two girls have one thing in common, though: when they fall asleep, each dreams about the other's life. The dreams are so vivid that each one feels as if she is the other person. As their lives become complicated by first loves, worried parents, and unexpected friendships, Sloane's and Maggie's realities begin to blur. Are they both real? Is one of them mentally ill and imagining the other? Are they the same person? The tense story builds to a riveting climax, pulling readers in multiple directions along the way and forcing them to guess what is real and what is a dream. The plot is told from the girls' alternating points of view; both of them are well-drawn and dynamic protagonists. Even the secondary characters are fully developed. This first novel from a screenplay-writing duo is wildly unique and completely engrossing from the first page to the last. The ending begs to be reread, and teens are left anxiously wondering about the girls and their fates. This one will fly off the shelves.—Tammy Turner, Centennial High School, Frisco, TX
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781595145192
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/2/2012
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 107,216
  • Age range: 12 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Ron Bass is the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Rain Man, My Best Friend's Wedding, and The Joy Luck Club, among many others. He has collaborated on screenplays with Adrienne Stoltz for the past ten years. This is their first novel.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 12, 2012

    Most amazing book I've EVER Read

    One of the best books I have ever read. The symbols used to describe the main characters facets. I mean literally an amazing mind blowing book. I was on the edge the entire time. I could not put it down. Incredible. Its 4am and I have to be up at 6am.

    PLEASE PLEASE READ! GIVE IT A CHANCE! YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED!

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 6, 2012

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    The ending got really confusing...

    3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 6, 2013

    Once I made it through half of the book, I thought I had an idea

    Once I made it through half of the book, I thought I had an idea of who was the real one and who wasn't, then my idea totally wasn't what happened. the last chapter or 2 did get really confusing, but it all worked itself out in the end.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 15, 2013

    Great book

    This is a masterfully written book!!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 27, 2012

    Great book. You must read this book.

    I was totally into this book and the ending was the best part. The ending made the book even better... its a real twist. I would definitly read this book if you nedd a good book to read.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 16, 2012

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    Dont pay attention to this, its an accident...

    1 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2013

    Flight

    "This place claimed for an rp?"

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    Posted May 24, 2013

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    Wats a wet willy?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 26, 2013

    Help

    I really dont understand the ending, who was real?

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    Posted April 6, 2013

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    Request me as a nook friend

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