Dream Boy Author:Madelyn Rosenberg, Mary Crockett In this romantic contemporary fantasy, American teen-hood meets mystic folklore. — Like the small southern town where it's set, Dream Boy is edged by wilderness, mysticism and mystery. The bottle tree on the cover perfectly captures the novel's mix of dream and nightmare. — So what is a bottle tree? — Simply put, it's an ancient folk-ma... more »gic practice intended to capture evil spirits. Southerners adapted the tradition—outfitting tree limbs with colored bottles.
In Dream Boy, the bottle tree creates a connection point between the real world and what lies beyond.« less