Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland.Penguin penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated antarctic diving birds. , Puffin. 250p. c2000. 0-14-230067-5. $5.99. S To quote KLIATT's January January: see month. 2001 review of the hardcover edition: When Caitlin's "perfect" older sister unexpectedly runs away with her boyfriend on the morning of Caitlin's 16th birthday, it hits everyone in the family hard. "I'd I'd 1. Contraction of I had. 2. Contraction of I would. I'd I had or I would I'd have ~would always counted on Cass to lead me," Caitlin muses, and without her Caitlin drifts into a dreamlike state. Her best friend Rita convinces her to try out for the cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. squad, and Caitlin goes along. Instead of dating a football player, however, she starts to go out with sexy. dangerous Rogerson. He deals drugs and trashes her friends, but even when he starts hitting her Caitlin doesn't end the relationship. She writes in her journal, "There's just so much wrong that I can't imagine the shame in admitting even the tiniest part of it." Her mother finally catches him about to beat her again, and Caitlin ends up in a residential treatment facility, finally able to deal with some of her conflicted feelings and put herself back together again. Dessen, the author of That Summer, Someone Like You, and Keeping the Moon, convincingly portrays Caitlin's emotional turmoil, making her appalling situation believable be·liev·a·ble adj. Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible. be·liev  a·bil to readers. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT
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