Official Review: The Dream Keepers by Linda Keen
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Re: Official Review: The Dream Keepers by Linda Keen
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The reviewer enables us to get a good sense of some of the principals in the story: Starlight, whose intuitive dreams create an inherent optimism in her; Thatcher, her older brother, whose devotion to her is unique; and some of their friends. However, the impact of leaving their Southern grandparents, with unwavering, small-town values, to go live with their wealthy, educated, artistic LA-based grandparents is not well-developed in the review. Yet, it is the key to the direction of the lives of these two children as they grow together into adulthood.
As Star and Thatcher grow up, their unexpected experiences with urban crime, racism, poverty, homelessness, and emotional rejection, contrast strongly with their early lives of peace and security. More "compare and contrast" in the review could present valuable opportunities for discussion within families about the values necessary to survive in, and contribute to, our society today. The resolution of this story also provides an all-too-rare optimism about the future faced by today's young adults. I found this to be the most powerful section of the story, and one not touched on by the official review.
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