Matthews, Andrew. A winter night's dream.MATTHEWS, Andrew. A winter night's dream. Random House, Delacorte. 160p. c2004. 0-385-90127-5. $17.99. JS Matthews employs two parallel narrators--Casey, a ninth-grade girl; and Stew, a senior boy--to tell this tale of first love and loss set in the UK. With some subtle suggestions from a slightly off-center English teacher, both Casey and Stew find themselves smitten smit·ten v. A past participle of smite. smitten Verb a past participle of smite Adjective deeply affected by love (for) Adj. 1. with love interests who appear to be perfect. But don't be fooled by appearances. Casey's motorbike-riding, smooth-talking 19-year-old rebel woos her with his worldliness and charm. However, he falls off his pedestal when it becomes clear to Casey that he is interested in her only for one thing, which at 15 she's not ready to part with. Stew falls for an ethereal ethereal /ethe·re·al/ (e-ther´e-il) 1. pertaining to, prepared with, containing, or resembling ether. 2. evanescent; delicate. e·the·re·al adj. 1. freshman dancer whose first love is the stage, leaving him behind the footlights footlights Row of lights set across the front of a stage floor to light the scene. The oil lamps and candles in use in the 17th century eventually gave way to gas and electricity. when she wins a prestigious scholarship. Casey and Stew are drawn inevitably closer as their parallel paths converge, and their tale is peppered with a supporting cast of eccentric friends and befuddled parents. With a healthy dose of British language British language can mean:
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