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Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer

The enchanting international bestseller [Paperback] Laini Taylor
Epic FantasyFantasy
Pages
432
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

Lazlo Strange, a young librarian with a lifelong obsession with the lost city of Weep, finally gets his chance to find it when a legendary hero and his warriors offer passage. But what secrets lie buried in Weep, a city cut off from the world for two centuries? And who is the mysterious blue-skinned goddess who visits Lazlo in his dreams? This epic fantasy is filled with wonder, nightmares, and the echoes of a violent past.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

MysteriousDreamyDarkAdventurous
QuestFish Out of WaterForbidden LoveSecret Identity

Genres

Epic Fantasy Fantasy Mythology Young Adult Adventure

About the author

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Laini Taylor

Laini Taylor is an American young adult fantasy author best known for the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and the Strange the Dreamer duology, for which she was a Michael L. Printz Honor recipient. She is also a National Book Award finalist for Young People's Literature. Taylor grew up in California and Europe as a U.S. military child and earned an English degree from UC Berkeley. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter.

Characters

Lazlo StrangeProtagonist
All characters in Strange the Dreamer

Frequently asked questions

  • Has Strange the Dreamer won any awards?

    Strange the Dreamer was named a 2018 Michael L. Printz Honor Book by YALSA and was a finalist for the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (won that year by A Court of Wings and Ruin). It did not win the Printz Award outright.

  • Is Strange the Dreamer part of a series?

    Yes — it's book one of Laini Taylor's Strange the Dreamer duology, followed by Muse of Nightmares (2018). The story is complete in these two books; no third volume has been announced.

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