Dream Jumper: Nightmare Escape

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 9, 2017

Review

In this first book of a planned graphic novel series, readers will jump right into Ben's nightmare as he saves various classmates and persons, he has yet to meet, before he is jolted awake with a start. His mother makes an appointment with a sleep specialist for his energy-draining sleep patterns at a special clinic. It is there that Ben learns that he has the special power of jumping into other people's nightmares and saving them from the various monsters in the dream world. There is a war going on in this alternate world that directly involves Ben and his extended family. The graphics clearly portray the story line and the artwork provides the range of expression in both facial and body language. The color work supports the various scenes and their locations in a variety of bright hues. All the tropes of a suspenseful evil villain story are found here in an exciting story with a multiracial cast of characters. The next book in the series is slated to be released appropriately on Halloween 2017.

Overall Book Score: very good