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The Dreamwalker's Child
by
Steve Voake
Fifteen-year-old Sam Palmer's life is dull--until a bizarre bicycle accident leaves him in a coma. Sam awakens in Aurobon, a world eerily similar to his own, only to discover that his "accident" was part of an elaborate abduction by a ruler with a deadly agenda. Now Sam must team up with a fearless girl pilot to outwit the enemy. Otherwise, dark forces will invade his own...more
Hardcover, 300 pages
Published
April 4th 2006
by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
(first published January 1st 2005)
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Insects aren't my favourite creatures, and some of them I loathe. For example, cockroaches and silverfish and earwigs. Various others cause me to shudder, and moths that blat about like mad things put me into a panic. Even thinking about some insects makes my scalp crawl.
So reading a book with insects as a primary narrative focus isn't something I would ordinarily do. However, something about this book intrigued me so I decided to give it a go.
I was glad that the insects weren't sentient. I'd...more
So reading a book with insects as a primary narrative focus isn't something I would ordinarily do. However, something about this book intrigued me so I decided to give it a go.
I was glad that the insects weren't sentient. I'd...more
Jul 29, 2011
Alison
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4 of 5 stars
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Sam Palmer and his family have just moved to the country. Sam is bored and fed up, missing his friends and the social life he had in the city. He has always been interested in insects, but now he has become hyper-aware of them, almost to the point of obsession. One summer Saturday he decides that instead of letting the insects follow him, he will follow them, and see where they are coming from. Little does he know that they are slipping between the fabric of our world and the connected world of...more
Fascinating YA Fantasy with a Science-Fiction Feel
Young teen Sam Palmer is a geeky recluse who is somewhat embarrassed by his obsession with insects. He's also amazed, and slightly freaked out, that his fascination seems to be reciprocal. Insects follow him everywhere. They never hurt him, though, until the day he sees a strange cloud of wasps, feels a sting on his neck, and blacks out. The next thing he knows, Sam is in a strange marsh in the middle of nowhere, in the dead of night, and the onl...more
Young teen Sam Palmer is a geeky recluse who is somewhat embarrassed by his obsession with insects. He's also amazed, and slightly freaked out, that his fascination seems to be reciprocal. Insects follow him everywhere. They never hurt him, though, until the day he sees a strange cloud of wasps, feels a sting on his neck, and blacks out. The next thing he knows, Sam is in a strange marsh in the middle of nowhere, in the dead of night, and the onl...more
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Sep 16, 2012
Kathleen Dixon
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4 of 5 stars
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Insects aren't my favourite creatures, and some of them I loathe. For example, cockroaches and silverfish and earwigs. Various others cause me to shudder, and moths that blat about like mad things put me into a panic. Even thinking about some insects makes my scalp crawl.
So reading a book with insects as a primary narrative focus isn't something I would ordinarily do. However, something about this book intrigued me so I decided to give it a go.
I was glad that the insects weren't sentient. I'd be...more
So reading a book with insects as a primary narrative focus isn't something I would ordinarily do. However, something about this book intrigued me so I decided to give it a go.
I was glad that the insects weren't sentient. I'd be...more
I have have been meaning to read this book for ages but never got round to it, I think the cover put me off a bit.. yes I admit it I choose books by their covers. However I picked it up in the weekend when I didn't have anything else to read and then I couldn't put it down. Sam's adventure is fast paced and fun. There are goodies and baddies and an evil plot to destroy humankind along with insect fighter jets...what more could you want from a action adventure story.
It had some good ideas in here but I felt the story was ruined by the preachy "humans are ruining the world and we're all gonna die because of it."
Sam was almost a great character. I wanted him to be more like Skipper. She is exactly the kind of character I like - strong, self-motivated, inventive, get's the job done and doesn't whine.
Obvious first book.
Sam was almost a great character. I wanted him to be more like Skipper. She is exactly the kind of character I like - strong, self-motivated, inventive, get's the job done and doesn't whine.
Obvious first book.
Sci-fi. Fifteen-year-old Sam is involved in an accident that leaves him in a coma. He wakes up in a world where insects are their substitute for airplanes. A group there is trying to rid the world of people. After all, we are poluting and destroying the world so do not deserve it.
Dec 14, 2011
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I thought this was a great book! I read it a few years ago, so I don't remember it too well, but I do remember that I loved it! A great book. I think I'm going to read it again!
A quick and easy read but definitely interesting. The story was a unique one which seems harder to accomplish these days. I would reccommend it for a younger audience but it was enjoyable.
Wasn't my style at all. I hoped it would get more interesting but it didn't. I don't think I was the type of audience the author wanted to attract though.
"The Dreamwalker's Child" is a good book and I think you should read it to find out whats happens. It is by Steve Voake. Go read it!!!
Dec 22, 2009
Sally
marked it as to-read
I got this from Borders when it closed down it had an amazing 90%off!!
Much too reminiscent of "Honey I shrunk the kids".
Not as good as The Starlight conspiracy. Well not really good at all.
Not a big fan of this one.
Mar 22, 2011
Chloe
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it is awsome
An insect adventure of hope. I've met the writer, lovely chap.
After a traffic accident sends him into a coma, a boy with an intense interest in insects travels to another world where fighters pilot horseflies & wasps and battle to destroy or preserve the human race.
I read it when I was younger, don't remember much about it now apart from it was one of the only books I enjoyed.
kind of good. a little less well written for middle schoolers, but great science fiction/fantasy book.
Jun 06, 2013
Melissa
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Steve Voake is the author of all the Daisy Dawson books, as well as two novels for older readers. He lives in Somerset, England.
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“Relax. They're not going to kill us. They're going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing.”
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“Well, we all like things to be predictable, don't we? We expect things to be safe and to keep on happening just the way they always have. We expect the sun to rise in the morning. We expect to get up, survive the day and finish up back in bed at the end of it, ready to start all over again the next day. But maybe that's just a trick we play on ourselves, our way of making life seem ordinary. Because the truth is, life is so extraordinary that for most of hte time we can't bring ourselves to look at it. It's too bright and it hurts our eyes. The fact of the matter is that nothing is ever certain. But most people never find that out until the ground suddenly disappears from beneath their feet.”
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