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Text copyright © 2019 by Patricia MacLachlan

Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 by Amy June Bates

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: MacLachlan, Patricia.

Title: Dream within a dream / Patricia MacLachlan.

Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2019] | Summary: Eleven-year-old aspiring writer Louisa considers traveling the world with her globetrotting parents, but friendship with George helps her to see her grandparents’ farm on Deer Island in a new light.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018042908 (print) | ISBN 9781534429598 (hardback) | ISBN 9781534429611 (eBook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Friendship—Fiction. | Family life—Fiction. | Farm life—Fiction. | Islands—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship.

Classification: LCC PZ7.M2225 Dre 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018042908