Mister Impossible (The Dreamer Trilogy #2)

by Maggie Stiefvater

Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny.

Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them?

Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out. Backed by his mentor, Bryde, he is ready to do what needs to be done to save the dreamers and the dreamed . . . even if it takes him far from his family and the boy he loves.

Jordan Hennessy knows she will not survive if the dreaming fails. So she plunges into a dark underworld in order to find an object that may sustain her.

Carmen Farooq-Lane is afraid of the dreamers — which is why she's agreed to hunt them down. The closer she gets, though, the more complicated her feelings become. Will the dreamers destroy the world . . . or will the world be destroyed trying to eliminate the dreamers?

In the remarkable second book of The Dreamer Trilogy, Maggie Stiefvater pushes her characters to their limits — and shows what happens when they start to break.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338188363
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/18/2021
Series:	Dreamer Trilogy Series , #2
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	45,140
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Shiver, Linger, Forever, and Sinner. Her novel The Scorpio Races was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association. The first book in The Raven Cycle, The Raven Boys, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and the second book, The Dream Thieves, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. The third book, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, received five starred reviews. The final book, The Raven King, received four. She is also the author of All the Crooked Saints and Call Down the Hawk. She is also an artist and musician. She lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children. You can visit her online at maggiestiefvater.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Blue Lily, Lily Blue:* "Blue Lily, Lily Blue is, simply, a triumph." — Booklist, starred review* "Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "We have not yet finished loving these characters and exploring their world." — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review* "Stiefvater's razor-sharp characterizations, drily witty dialogue, and knack for unexpected metaphors and turns of phrase make for sumptuous, thrilling reading . . . Readers will snap up the final installment the second it's available." — Publishers Weekly, starred review* "The prose is crisp and dazzling and the dialogue positively crackles." — School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for The Dream Thieves:* "Richly written and filled with figurative language . . . this story of secrets and dreams, of brothers and of all-too-real magic is an absolute marvel of imagination and an irresistible invitation to wonder." — Booklist, starred review* "Mind-blowingly spectacular . . . Stiefvater's careful exploration of class and wealth and their limitations and opportunities astounds with its sensitivity and sophistication. The pace is electric, the prose marvelously sure-footed and strong, but it's the complicated characters . . . that meld magic and reality into an engrossing, believable whole." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "A paranormal thriller . . . this installment [is] more tense and foreboding than its predecessor — and every bit as gripping." — Publishers Weekly, starred review* "A complex web of magical intrigue and heartstopping action." — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review* "Readers who want a moody chill and appreciate an atmospheric turn of phrase will want to spend more time in Henrietta." — School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for The Raven Boys:A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year"Stiefvater is a master storyteller." — USA Today"A dizzying paranormal romance tinged with murder and Welsh mythology." — The Los Angeles Times* "Simultaneously complex and simple, compulsively readable, marvelously wrought." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "A tour de force . . . such a memorable read." — Publishers Weekly, starred review* "One unexpected and wonderful surprise after another . . . a marvel of imagination." — Booklist, starred review* "The Raven Boys is an incredibly rich and unique tale, a supernatural thriller of a different flavor . . . Fans have been salivating for Stiefvater's next release and The Raven Boys delivers." — School Library Journal, starred review"Equal parts thriller and mystery, with a measured dash of romance sprinkled on top . . . Maggie has woven such a unique, intriguing narrative that I struggled for comparisons." — MTV.com

From the Publisher

06/11/2021

Gr 8 Up—Stiefvater, author of "The Raven Cycle" series and Call Down the Hawk, continues the "Dreamer" trilogy with this twisty, engrossing, and lyrical second volume. The Dreamers's abilities seem to be weakening as the ley lines lose power. If too much is lost, the protagonists will eventually die. Their mission is to save the world any way they can regardless of the cost to their ability to continue to dream and, even, survive. The conclusion reveals an ominous portent of worse things to come, ensuring a third book is in the works. As challenging as it will be to follow the plot's twists and turns, this sequel will mesmerize fans. VERDICT Purchase where fast-paced and intricate fantasies are popular—especially where Stiefvater's previous books fly off the shelves.—Jane Henriksen Baird, formerly at Anchorage P.L., AK

School Library Journal

★ 2021-04-30
Whether dreamed or crafted, art engenders life.

Creation and destruction, art and mimicry, power and disenfranchisement: The world requires balance, but the Lynch brothers, standing at the center of it all, have always tended to extremes. Although Ronan continues to be the pivot, the dreams take precedence: Jordan finds herself as a maker rather than a forger while Matthew grapples with who he is now that he understands he was dreamed. Power dynamics have shifted following the showdown between the dreamers and the Moderators. Three groups—the dreamers, the dreams, plus a rogue Moderator/Visionary team, each selfish, amoral, and deeply sympathetic in turn—circle one another, trying to change or save the world, or dreams, or themselves, or all of the above. The dreamers want open ley lines and the freedom to dream. The dreamed want to live free of their dreamers. Farooq-Lane wants to stop killing but still stop the dreamers. More meditative than the first volume, this complexly plotted wonder offers little to reorient readers but much to engage them. Stiefvater’s pitch-perfect prose, detached and full of precise details, creates a tension that never lets up until the zinger of an ending that will leave fans gasping. The Lynch brothers are White; Jordan is Black, and Farooq-Lane’s name cues some Middle Eastern heritage.

Explosive. (Fantasy. 13-adult)

Kirkus Reviews