Dreambender

By Ronald Kidd

A dreambender questions his role when he encounters a dream of forbidden music.

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256 pages· 39,907 words· Est. 4.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

In a world where dreams are controlled to prevent chaos, Jeremy, a dreambender, stumbles upon Callie's forbidden dream of music. Intrigued by her defiance, he questions his purpose and the safety-driven society. As Jeremy seeks Callie in reality, they must decide how far they'll go to pursue their own dreams and challenge the world's rigid expectations. Will they risk everything for a chance at true freedom?

From the publisher

Everyone in the City is assigned a job by the choosers—keeper, catcher, computer. Callie Crawford is a computer. She works with numbers: putting them together, taking them apart. Her work is important, but sometimes she wants more. Jeremy Finn is a dreambender. His job is to adjust people’s dreams. He and others like him quietly remove thoughts of music and art to keep the people in the City from becoming too focused on themselves and their own feelings rather than on the world. They need to keep the world safe from another Warming. But Jeremy thinks music is beautiful, and when he pops into a dream of Callie singing, he becomes fascinated with her. He begins to wonder if there is more to life than being safe. Defying his community and the role they have established for him, he sets off to find her in the real world. Together, they will challenge their world’s expectations. But how far will they go to achieve their own dreams?

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