100 pages • 3 hours read
Jennifer LathamDreamland Burning
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Dreamland Burning
- Genre: Fiction; young adult historical
- Originally Published: 2017
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 890L; grades 9-12
- Structure/Length: 2 parts; 38 sections; approx. 365 pages; approx. 8 hours, 18 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: This dual narrative features two timelines: One follows 17-year-old Rowan Chase, who lives in modern-day Tulsa, Oklahoma, and investigates a murder from over 100 years before; the other features 17-year-old Will Tillman, who lives in 1921 Tulsa and whose actions and personal moral choices will be tested as a result of his city’s Jim Crow laws, prejudice, violence, and race riots.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Racism, discrimination, racial slurs, descriptions of lynching, and prejudice; violence, including murder; prostitution; gender identity; attempted rape of a minor
Jennifer Latham, Author
- Bio: Grew up in various places as the daughter of a military serviceman; inspired by teachers and school activities at a young age to write creatively; worked a wide variety of jobs before becoming a published author, including autopsy assistant and school psychologist; lives in Tulsa, OK, with family
- Other Works: Scarlett Undercover (2015)
- Awards: Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth (Booklist; 2017); Amazon Editors’ Picks—Best Books of the Year (2017); Young Adult Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Booklist; 2018); Notable Books for a Global Society (2018); Audio Publishers Association Best Multi-Voiced Performance (winner; 2019)
