LitPick Review
Age at time of review - 11
Reviewer's Location -
Charleston,
WV,
United States
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Frankie Uccello is an average kid, in fact, in his
opinion, he is a little too average. Until the night when
Frankie has a dream, a red dream. Frankie dreams of a red
rider falling off of a horse, it may be his best friend
Tim. Frankie has been having these "color dreams" since he
was young. These dreams are always of something that
happens to occur in the next few days. At first, he
refuses to believe that he can dream the future, that
would be crazy, right? But after the events of the red
dream, he can no longer deny that he can in fact dream the
future.
Although he doesn't believe in these dreams at first,
Frankie knows he had to protect Tim, so he asks when his
next horse show is. Tim tells him the season has already
ended, and Frankie is relieved, but later that night
Frankie finds out his father has signed him up to help an
autistic kid that he baby-sits, ride horses. There is one
small problem with this, Frankie is terrified of horses.
For the sake of his friend, he agrees to go to the riding
lesson. Here he encounters Weird Maura-Lee, an odd girl
from his class that he avoids at all costs. After a few
encounters at the barn with Maura-Lee, and the few times
Maura-Lee helped Frankie out with an injured bird that he
finds, they find that they may actually have something in
common. Sure there are rumors that Maura-Lee can read
minds, but until now Frankie hasn't believed them. Maura-
Lee has a special talent just like Frankie. Soon they find
out that Frankie once dreamed of Maura-Lee's house burning
down when they were both young. Frankie had tried to do
something to stop this, but no one would listen. Maura-Lee
is very upset at first, but their friendship makes it
through this. Frankie stands up for his friendship with
Maura-Lee, despite what others have labeled her. In the
end, Frankie and Maura-Lee remain friends, Maura-Lee make
some friends of her own, while also strengthening her
relationship with her father.
Opinion:
This book is a great example of how two of the most
different people can become friends. I would definitely
recommend this book to children of the ages 9-13. It is a
great book that can teach young readers a lot.
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