by Adam Rex · 2023
ISBN: 1250621925 9781250621924
Category: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance
Page count: 304
<p><b><i>You’ve Reached Sam </i>meets<i> The Good Place</i> in this deeply-felt, surreal and fully illustrated love story about a girl, a boy, a dreamer, and a dream from best-selling and award-winning author Adam Rex.</b><br><br>Zelda is stuck in a dream. A very strange dream, where people can fly, bears sneeze money, and her childhood cat, Patches, is somehow alive - despite being run over years ago. Things only get stranger when Zelda meets Langston, a sweet if overly timid guy who feels more real to her than anyone she’s ever met.<br><br>As Zelda and Langston explore the far reaches of the dreamscape together, they find themselves growing closer and closer. But what they uncover along the way pushes them towards a truth neither of them wants to face. Will it turn out that he's the guy of her dreams, or is she the girl of his?<br><br>Full of mind-bending artwork, Adam Rex's<i> A Little Like Waking</i> is a tender, insightful read that defies time, space, and expectation that's perfect for fans of <i>Every Day</i> and<i> Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.</i></p>