Dream of Night
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781416948995
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
470L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Foster care; Family member death; Family violence; Physical appearance; foster mother; foster child; death of husband; death of daughter; violence; domestic abuse; rage; animal abuse; scars
Main Character
female child; adult female; male horse
Race/Ethnicities
Horse / White
Family Formation
foster mother
Keywords
farms; animal rescue; farm life; emotional problems; race horses; rehabilitation; trust issues
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Henson, Heather, "Dream of Night" (2010). Diverse Families. 1963.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1963