Strange the Dreamer
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–18 · 2017 · Est. 14 hour read

Strange the Dreamer

By Laini Taylor

Book #1 in the Strange the Dreamer series

A lost city, a haunting past, and a dreamer on a quest for truth.

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532 pages· 149,477 words· Est. 14 hour read
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Lazlo Strange, a war orphan and librarian, dreams of the lost city of Weep. When a chance arises to join the Godslayer and legendary warriors, he must confront the city's dark secrets. What severed Weep from the world two centuries ago? Who is the mysterious blue-skinned goddess haunting his dreams? As Lazlo embarks on this epic journey, he faces a world of nightmares and wonders, where love and carnage intertwine. Will he uncover the truth or lose his dream forever? The answers lie in the shadows of Weep.

From the publisher

From National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor comes an epic fantasy about a mythic lost city and its dark past. The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around–and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five years old, he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever. What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams? In this sweeping and breathtaking novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage. The answers await in Weep.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
532
Words
149,477
Reading age
14–18
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
HL820L
Themes & topics
Books about imaginary placesBooks about gods and goddessesBooks about journeys and voyagesBooks about friendshipBooks about heroes
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
6.1
F&P level
~S
AR points
24
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
188083
Publication
Published
March 28, 2017
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780316341684

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