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Jun 13, 2011

Arlene rated it:

On a small planet, where minute follows minute, day follows day, year follows year, where tradition marches on with a deafening, orderly beat – sometimes the order is disturbed by a dreamer, an artist, a scribbler – sometimes the beat is changed one person at a time.

Scribbler of Dreams is one of those few books that I was able to read in one sitting… UNPUTDOWNABLE! It made me feel a mixture of emotions from anger to sadness back to rage and ultimately resolve. Mary E. Pearson’s wri More...

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Mar 06, 2011

Kristy rated it:

I'm really glad this was not the first "Pearson" book I'd ever read. I don't know based on this one, if I would have read any of the others. I would have missed out on "Jenna Fox" (and The Miles Between, but it wasn't my favorite either). I'm beginning to wonder if she wasn't just a one hit wonder.....

"Scribbler" borrowed just a little bit much from "Romeo and Juliet." It was un-original and un-compelling. All the twists and turns were very obv More...

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Feb 21, 2011

Anna rated it:

The Malones and the Crutchfeilds hate each other. Always have, always will. So, when Kaitlyn Malone's dad gets sent to prison for manslaughter - which was totally an accident, but the Crutchfields don't believe that - Kait's mom can't afford to send Kait and her sister to their expensive private school.

She has to send them to Twin Oaks - on Cruthfield property. Kait's mom enrolls them under Hampton, her maiden name, so no one will hate them.

But when Kait falls in love wi More...

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Jan 01, 2011

Rachel rated it:

Maggie Crutchfield makes one small mistake, having a baby without the presence of a husband,and her sister Amanda Crutchfield Malone absolutely shuns her and refuses to ever speak to Maggie again. This is how the Crutchfields and Malones began to hate each other and create their feud. Five generations later Kaitlin Malone and her sister, Abby, are starting a new high school with their mother's maiden name, Hampton. This school just so happens to be owned by the very wealthy Crutchfield family. T More...

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May 25, 2010

Liz rated it:

Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson is a book I stumbled upon in a used bookstore in Idaho Falls, and it has become one of my favorite. It's about a girl who is about seventeen years old, kaitlin Malone, who has switched her high school to the "rich" side of town and hates every second of it. She hates it until she meets a boy by the name of Bram Crutchfield. Technically, she is at the "enemy" high school. Her rival family owns the land it's on, the land that Kaitlin's and More...

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Dec 18, 2009

Lysbeth rated it:

Katilin Malone has never been a girl who fits in.She's the invisible girl, the girl who goes by unnoticed. She doesn't get bullied, but in her eyes that'd be way better than having your crush not even know you exist. Then her father muders one of the crutchfields, who have been enemies of the malones for centuries. Katilin has never met them before, but she was taught to hate them. Now she must change schools and her last name to protect her identity. At the new school she falls in love More...

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Sep 26, 2011

Sujuelf_heeshin rated it:

GOSH!! I just bought this book yesterday - september 25,2011 - and I was surprised to myself that I actually had finished this book today! I love the story.. super love.. the story is really fascinating about family, hate, love, lies, and regret.. this book only shows that love can conquers everything even a generation "hate" of two families.. reading this, I felt like I had also felt every feeling of Kaitlin Malone.. I was tickled in pink,I laughed, I feel nervous, and I cry!! yes, I More...

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Oct 24, 2008

Taquisa rated it:

I really really really enjoyed this book! The book was kind of a romance book, but it also had a bit of mystery to it. I loved how the author made up the story of how they met, and that they both were artists of some kind. It was really cool that Bram and Kaitlin connected in that way. I think others would enjoy the book "Scribbler of Dreams" because it is a story about two lovers who in the end try to bring their two different families together.

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Jul 29, 2011

Kailia rated it:

I love the story of Romeo & Juliet. It is a rather depressing story but it’s seriously a classic. I also love re-telling of this story. The fact that two people, who aren’t supposed to fall in love, fall in love. I might be weird but I think that it shows how strong love really is. So, I love Mary E. Pearson’s work and I loved Romeo & Juliet. So it was only right that I read a book by Ms. Pearson that re-tells the story of Romeo & Juliet, don’t you think?

I loved this book. It was, on More...

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Aug 09, 2009

Anna rated it:

Good Lord, where do I begin???

This is hands down one of the worst YA books of all time. The plot is a rip-off of Romeo and Juliet, which was not a turn off at all and was probably the number one reason I decided to read this. Big mistake because Pearson relied so heavily on R&J that she failed to really set up any kind of plot that makes sense. The story starts off with Kaitlin Malone telling us, "I hate the Crutchfields." The Crutchfields being the family of her Romeo, More...

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Sep 02, 2009

Holly rated it:

I totally fell in love with Scribbler of Dreams. I don't know if I would say it's a Romeo and Juliet type story (even though it is), but the family feud reminded me more of the Hatfields and McCoys with a love story. Either way, it was amazing.

Kait Malone hates the Crutchfields for everything they've done. She's forced to transfer to a Crutchfield school, Twin Oaks. There, she meets Bram, the quiet artist who has an eye for beauty. The only drawback? Bram's name is Crutchfield. More...

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Oct 10, 2009

Staci rated it:

I really enjoyed reading this Juliet and Romeo inspired romance. I thought the author did a great job of clearly defining the relationships and how these two families came to hate each other without really knowing one another. The story is written fairly realistically but at times I felt the writing was a little stilted. I did think the author could have developed the feeling and emotions a bit more. She tended to stay on the safe side. Maybe this is just me because I’ve read so many romance boo More...

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Sep 13, 2008

Chelsey rated it:

I really enjoyed this book. It is mainly about a teenage girl and this boy she met at school and about their relationship. This was a great book and I think just about everybody would like this book.

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Sep 11, 2011

Stephanie rated it:

This book is Amazing to say the least. I read this book 2 years ago and the plot is etched in my brain. I remember reading this book and staying up just to finish it. The book itself, I couldn't put down and the next day, going to school with bags on my eyes, I went to the library to check out another book by Mary Pearson and they didn't have any.

This book reminds me a lot of Romeo and Juliet. Two families: The Crutchfields and The Malones, sworn enemies, countless arguments, and a c More...

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Feb 23, 2009

Loretta rated it:

This book is geared toward a much younger audience. Kimberly had just finished reading it so I picked it up and ended up reading it too. Two HS Seniors meet and fall in love. The problem is their families have disliked each other for generations. This book is about opening your mind enough to see beyond your own point of view to trying to understand anothers. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is quoted before the story even begins as saying, "If we could read the secret history of our enemies More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Sara ♥ rated it:

The story was very Romeo & Juliet. Complete with cathartic ending. I can't remember all the details, but I remember thoroughly enjoying it.

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Oct 31, 2010

Jaclyn rated it:

Katelin Malone has been trained since birth to hate the Crutchfield family. However, when her father ends up in jail for a murder he did not commit, she doesn't have to rely on her years of training to hate them anymore.... Until Bram Crutchfield comes along and changes everything for her. Now she's torn between a love she's not supposed to feel, and a past she doesn't know if she believes in any more.

I picked this book up at the Scholastic Warehouse sale for $1 and that's the only More...

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Apr 01, 2011

Katie rated it:

I've read this book so many times I've lost count, starting in middle school. I know that it's a classic Romeo and Juliet tale where the two teens fall in love and the hatred between their families gives them problems, but I loved the twists that made it its own story. It was such a change from all of the happily ever after princess mumbo jumbo that had infested the first 12 years of my life, and I loved it! The writing was perfect, allowing me to put myself in the Kaitlyn's shoes and get my More...

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Mar 14, 2011

Maggie rated it:

A retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" staring the Hatfields and McCoys (or at least Malones and Crutchfields in this book). A decent retelling and Kaitlin and Bram seem to know each other even though there is some "love at first sight" going on. The only problem I had was the ending. It was too neatly done and not all of my questions were directly answered. I think I would have prefered a blow-out fight (verbal of course) between the families to see who was telling the truth More...

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May 20, 2011

Sami rated it:

This book is truly captivating! It had me hooked from the moment I picked it up. This book puts a modern spin on Romeo & Juliet. This is only the second book that has actually made me believe I was the character. Kaitlin kidnapped me and forced me into her world. As Kaitlin went through tough times I found myself rubbing my head from a massive headache. I was compelled to yell and cry at times. Once I had to get off of the couch and walk away in order to refrain from ripping the book to shreds. More...

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Oct 14, 2011

Raiveran rated it:

Though seeming like a Romeo and Juliet clone, what impressed me was the focus not wavering from the MC's conflicted heart. The story stays on target and manages to avoid getting saccharine or, worse, cliched. I don't know if that's a small miracle, but it seems it to me. I was, as mentioned, impressed with the exploration (I really hate that word) of the MC's rationalizations, which don't change as much as they evolve through experience. All in all a surprisingly insightful and sensical characte More...

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Sep 25, 2009

Molly rated it:

Scribbler of Dreams

You might like this book if you like the show the secret life of an American teenager. The scribbler of dream is a really good book because it’s about a girl who lies about who she is. Then she ends up dating her worst enemy a crutchfeild. She falls in love with him and ends up betraying her own family. She starts lying to her friends and family. Bram her boyfriend doesn’t More...

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Sep 03, 2009

Hallie rated it:

My friend lent me this book to read back in November or 2008. I never read it because I'm not very big on romances. But I read the back last night and got somewhat interested. I read it and quickly became amazed by this book. It's a romance but not the typical type. Kait has a huge hate for his family and Bram has a hate for her own. So she hides her identity from him. They fall in love. But all this time she's been feeding him lies and pretending to be somebody that she is not. And when he find More...

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Jan 05, 2011

Brianna rated it:

the only plot is the romance. When there were other conversations, or activities the main character was doing, it was just summed up really quick in a paragraph. So you didn't get to know other characters. It also seems like rushed romance. She saw him, they talked like twice then were suddenly "in love". her friend said she "had the hots" for him. and she says "no it's not like that its REAL". which sounds so lame! because the only reason she did start hanging out More...

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Oct 31, 2011

Ari rated it:

As my rating says, this was a "nice, entertaining read", and I couldn't put it down not knowing what the resolution might be.
It was interesting to see how even the smallest lie could get into something really big, and I felt sorry for Kaitlin because indeed the truth was not better than all those lies - so I could feel her struggle.

I kept asking myself what would I do in a similar situation (assuming that I could get somehow into this kind of trouble), and the truth is More...

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Jan 15, 2011

83.CONFUSED rated it:

Scibbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson is a book about a girl named Kaitlin whose family dislikes another family. Kaitlin's family are the Malones and the other family are the Crutchfields. The two families dislike each other because Kaitlin's dad killed the father of the Crutchfields. Kaitlin's dad goes to jail and the Malone family is having trouble getting by and paying bills. Kaitlin and her sister go to a community high school owned by the Crutchfields. Kaitlin and her sister had to cha More...

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Apr 27, 2009

Ashley rated it:

I thought this book was okay.
It was a really cute love story, and the whole time has you cheering on the relationship between Bram and Kaitlin.
But it was really short. I think it would have been a lot better if there were more details on Kaitlin and Brams feelings fer each other. Yeah you could tell they were in love, but the story went by so fast, it was like, when exactly did they actually fall in love.
It was a good book for an easy read, but no where close to being a favor

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Apr 01, 2009

Aerin rated it:

I like the writing, and I found it fascinating to read about this family quarrel, particularly as it hits so close to home with my life situation as well...I thought that Kaitlyn and Bram's relationship zoomed way too fast to overcome anything at all, much less a hundred-year-old grudge. I am a scribbler of dreams, of thoughts, ideas, things running through my head; but I do not delight in this book as I have in others.

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Dec 10, 2010

ana rated it:

i read this book a very long time ago, and though i have read a plethura of novels since then, i have not forgotten this story. although the details are fuzzy i remembering being touched deeply by this very real story of high school teens, love, family values, hate, and forgiveness. yes it has plenty of qualities in common with the story of romeo and juliet, but not anywhere near close plot wise.

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Feb 08, 2008

ClareBear rated it:

Hate for the Crutchfields runs in Kaitlin's blood. She can feel it in her heart, her mind, and her soul. But when the crops don't do well and her dad goes to prison for killing a Crutchfield, Kaitlin and her sister Abby have to turn their backs on their school and on what they believe in by going to a school on Crutchfield land. Abby makes friends easily, but Kaitlin hates every aspect of the new place at once. That is, until she meets Bram, a popular boy who chooses to spend his free time a More...

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