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"Magic Comes To Those Who Believe In Dreams And Dare to Live Them" Jess is an ordinary 17 year old teenager. But one day on the way to school she discovers that her entire town is destroyed. Her world has been ripped apart by strange monsters called Nightmares. But in the nick of time she is... read more

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Jess is just your average seventeen year old teenage girl. That is until the day she finds her world torn apart by vile, slimy and evil monsters known as The Nightmares. Just before one of these Nightmares gets the chance to slit her throat, she is saved by a mysterious stranger...Steven... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Jess is just your average seventeen year old teenage girl. That is until the day she finds her world torn apart by vile, slimy and evil monsters known as The Nightmares. Just before one of these Nightmares gets the chance to slit her throat, she is saved by a mysterious stranger...Steven Western - The Dream Maker.

Steven takes her to a World of Enchantment hidden from us for millions of years. There Steven, Jess and a 5ft Owl named Professor Hill enbark on a magical adventure to save the world from The Nightmares and thier leader: the evil Dr Dark-Heart.

For children young and old this is an epic modern fairy tale that you won't soon forget

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  • Steven Western aka. The Dream Maker: "She turned around to see – standing at the top of the kid’s slide behind her – the most handsome guy she’d ever seen. He looked down at her with his baby blue eyes under his messy brown hair. She suddenly felt all giggly. He looked around 16 -17 which made her even gigglier as she loved boys around the same age as her. He wore a white shirt, a blue waistcoat and a brown leather jacket. Across his waist was a utility belt which held bullets and many very usual items which Jess couldn’t recognise. He also wore a pair of pinstriped trousers tucked into a pair of Cuban heeled boots" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
  • Jessica Curwen: "Though she never believed it herself she was a truly beautiful young lady. She had short curly brown hair, big green eyes like out of a manga comic, full pink lips and a slender 17 year old body. But like most girls of that age she always referred to her faults and saw herself as hideous, which is sad as we was very pretty indeed" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
  • Professor Hill: "The figure was a large owl only slightly shorter than Steven. He wore a red silk waistcoat with a golden fob watch chain dangling from a pocket, around his claws were two white spats, a pair of small golden rimmed specs hung on the end of his beak and he held a bunch of rolled up scrolls under his wing.Steven and the Owl approached Jess on the couch, Steven smiling in a kind and welcoming way whilst the Owl simply looked on in disapproval. Soon they arrived in front of Jess; the Owl tried his best to stand up straight and proper in present company. Owls are all very pompous creatures; but they’re very intelligent and magical creatures so in a way they have a right to be pompous. Jess looked up at the Owl and tried to smile in a way she thought would look sweet" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
  • Dr Dark Heart: "Standing on the roof looking down upon the Earth was a man in a black waistcoat; black trousers, black tailcoat and covering his eyes were a black pair of large welding goggles. His black hair was messily drenched over his face of grey skin from the rain, lighting flashing behind him. His body was clasped in black belts with thick silver buckles. Both of his hands were replaced by completed robotic claws mechanised by an array of cogs and wheels. The man’s teeth were all sharpened and looked like the powerful jaw of a shark" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
  • Captain Polly Cracker: "Out of all the inhabitants she’s encountered here in the Enchanted World, this one must had been the strangest. She was looking at a giant parrot, maybe only slightly taller than Professor Hill. He had blue feathers, a huge yellow beak, a big fluffy red tricorn hat and musketeer uniform, big brown buckled boots and a sash with a holder for the sword he was holding threateningly toward Jess’s face" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
  • Henry The Frog: "A short frog in a red waistcoat, black tailcoat and with a long curly moustache was running in a blind panic through the halls of Dartmoor Prison. His webbed feet made a slapping sound as they pounded down on the stone brick floor. His long thin limps pumped their way along the corridor while trying to quicken his pace in anyway he can. The frog was called Henry, and he was Dr Dark-Heart’s little stooge. He was Dr Dark-Heart’s right hand man, who’d been promised a percentage of the power when Dr Dark-Heart succeeds in taking over the universe" - The Dream Maker by Nathan Davey
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"Magic Comes to those who believe in Dreams, and dare to live them"”
    Steven Western aka. The Dream Maker
  • ““Your people, no offence. Live on an “I, Me and Mine,” basis. We here in the Enchanted World live on You, We and Us. We are living this life together as one, we’ve learnt a lot from the humans about how to create things such as this ship; but the humans – maybe – could learn a thing or two from us"”
    Captain Polly Cracker
  • “"Don’t let the magic die. Love is magic, friendship is magic, family is magic, charity is magic, acceptation of difference is magic, helping those in need is magic and triumphing over the Nightmare’s horrific influence is magic of the strongest kind. But the choice, is up to you"”

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First Sentence edit see section history

Extracted from “Enchanted Folk-Lore” by Professor “Jacob” Hill : In the Ever-Night Forest there was once a gathering of Elven monks

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
1 - A Mundane Morning
2 - Arrival of the Dream Maker
3 - Worldwide Disaster
4 - Professor Hill
5 - An Enchanted Evening
6 - The Adventure Begins
7 - The Fairy Glade
8 - The Battle of Hill Manor
9 - A Fallen Tree
10 - The White Warriors
11 - A Change Of Plan
12 - Doubloon Dock
13 - Capitan Polly Cracker
14 - A Starry Night
15 - Party Below Deck
16 - The Sea Battle
17 - Spur Island
18 - Rawhide Saloon
19 - Complications Arise
20 - Fool's Gold Cave
21 - Back To Dartmoor
22 - Across The Moors
23 - Unexpected Visitors
24 - Final Stand - Off
25 - A New World
26 - The Enchanted Castle

Glossary edit see section history

  • The Dream Makers: A magical being who is born when someone achieves a dream, falls in love or believes in themselves or another. They act as Guardian Angels in the way that they look over their creator all the way through their lives through times of despair and darkness
  • The Nightmares: The anti -Dream Maker. They are born when someone kills another, feels hatred or commits an act against humanity.They suck all of the hope and belief out of a person's soul. Dream Makers can only do so much against them, it is the individual who has to make the effort to fight against them.
  • The Enchanted World: A world hidden from mankind from the beginning. A world of magic and wonder and uses their powers support the human world as the human's imagination and love for one another is the only thing keeping The Enchanted World in existence.
  • The Natural World: The world of the Humans (our World)
  • Natural Child: What beings from The Enchanted World call "Humans"
  • Enchanted Folk: The magical beings who live in the Enchanted World
  • Marvellous People: A term which describes someone who is arrogant, stuck up and spoilt. In other words someone who believes themselves to be "Marvellous"

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Depression: The Dream Makers (You) V.s The Nightmares (Depression) is a metaphor for one person's battle against depression and negative thoughts.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Nathan Davey (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: OddBall Publications
Country: England
Publication Date: 06/29/2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 295 (A4 - Font Size 13.5)

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

This book is a fun fantasy but The Nightmares and Dr Dark Heart might come across as too scary for younger readers. So really the book should be aimed at 8+

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Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • The BFG
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
  • The Black Cauldron
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
  • Muddle Earth
  • The Colour of Magic / The Light Fantastic

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