An edition of The Year of the Dream (1962)
The Year of the Dream
By Jane Collier
Publish Date
February 1965
Publisher
(SBS) Scholastic Book Services, a div. of Scholastic Magazines, Inc., by arrngmt w/Funk & Wagnalls Company, Inc.
Language
eng
Pages
116
Description:
***If we only had a boat of our own. Then the boat comes along and Wendy, Dick, Beanie and their parents decides to earn the $2,000 purchase price.*** They take extra jobs, give up vacations, baby sit, wash cars, collect papers, and even breed rats. The project is a complete success until Beanie is hit by a car and taken to the hospital. ***The boat fund becomes the medical fund and the children realize how unimportant the boat is, compared to Beanie.*** When Beanie is better, Wendy discovers that she has won a contest and can buy the boat with her prize money. ***The story, told by Wendy, set in up-state New York, is a warm account of family relationships.*** ***ABOUT the AUTHOR:*** ***COLLIER, Zena. (Zena Hampson). Also writes as Jane Collier, Zena Shumsky.*** American (born England), b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Young adult fiction. Career: Writers Workshop in Continuing Education, Nazareth College, part-time teacher; full-time writer. Resident fellow, Yaddo, MacDowell, Saltonstall Foundation, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. **Publications:** ***ADULT NOVELS:*** A Cooler Climate, 1990; Ghost Note, 1992. Contributor of short stories and essays to journals and magazines. ***YOUNG ADULT FICTION:*** (as Zena Shumsky with L. Shumsky) First Flight, 1962; **(as Jane Collier) The Year of the Dream, 1962;** (as Zena Shumsky with L. Shumsky) Shutterbug, 1963; (as Jane Collier) A Tangled Web, 1967; (as Zena Collier) Next Time I'll Know, 1981. ***YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION:*** Seven for the People, 1979. ***Address: c/o Harvey Klinger***, 301 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019-5766, U.S.A. Online address: zcollier@earthlink.net
subjects: children, children's, kid's, juvenile, fiction, literature, stories, books, chapters, chapter books, close-knit, family, siblings, friends, adventure, summer, fun, boats, lake, accident, medical, bills, family struggles, goals, youthful, ventures, contest, earning money for family
Places: Lake Logan
Times: 1962