Scribbler of Dreams

A Review by Megan

To Love or To Hate...? Kaitlin Malone has that very tough question to answer. She has hated the Crutchfields all her life, but now she might love them, or at least one of them. All her life she has heard stories of how terrible the Crutchfields are, but when she meets Bram Crutchfield she decides he must be different and nicer than the rest. She sees Bram for the first time when she starts at a new school, but he doesn't know her as a Malone... she is enrolled in the school as Kaitlin Hampton. She knows Bram wouldn't give her a chance if he knew she was a Malone... if he knew she was the daughter of the man who killed his father. But as Kaitlin Hampton he can get to know her and even love her, but when he finds out her real name everything goes wrong. The Lies or the Truth…? Both Kaitlin and Bram have been living lives full of lies, but can they understand that when the truth stares them in the face? Bram thinks Kaitlin's father murdered his father, but Kaitlin thinks the Crutchfields lied about an accidental death to get her father in a lot of trouble. Their families have carried many lies through the years. Their families were once one. Kaitlin's great grandmother and Bram's great grandmother were sisters; but they pushed each other away with their lies and betrayals, and because of that their descendants live with a hate that takes decades to build. A writer and an artist… Scribbling away… Will they capture their dreams or give in to what the past wants them to become? Will they find any truth in the midst of all the lies? Will they find the love they know is there, or hide behind the hate they have always depended on? Will the Crutchfields and the Malones be reunited at last? That is up to Kaitlin and Bram. They can embrace the future or cling to the past. Will Love conquer Hate in the end?

Scribbler of Dreams

A Review by Milo

This is a story of lies and a story of hate--passed down for generations--and the love that stands strong through it. It is a story of how you can only change one person at a time, and how you can’t change the whole world as one. It is a romantic tale of Bram Crutchfield and Kaitlin Malone, born into two families bred to hate each other since their Great-Grandmothers (who happened to be sisters) started the fight many, many years ago. Since then, Kaitlin's father was sent to jail for murdering the father of Bram Crutchfield. But nobody knows what truly happened the night that Bram's dad died. Kait's dad says Bram’s dad shoved him, he shoved back and Bram's dad hit his head on a rock. Five of the Crutchfield's employees said that Kait's father picked up a rock and hit Bram's dad twice on the head. But alas, as the Crutchfields paid the only witnesses, no one knows what really happened. Kait's dad says the Crutchfields lie; they say he lies. * * * When the two Great-Grandmother's parents died, they left them and their families a huge area of land. There were thousands (or at the very least, hundreds) of acres of it. It was split evenly between the two families; the Malones used all of their land for farming, while the Crutchfields opened theirs for development. As with everything the Crutchfields do, the Malones hated that the Crutchfields opened their land for malls and such. There was even a school, which was huge. But the Malones refused to go there, despite its cheaper entry price. The Malones preferred the private school, "Holy Trinity," even though they aren't particularly religious. However, the family can't afford Holy Trinity this school year, and so Kait and her younger sister Abby were forced to sign up at the school on the Crutchfields land. Once the sisters were there, they hardly ever talked. Kait meets a mysterious stranger at school and almost instantly falls in love. Soon after she realizes that he is, in fact, Bram Crutchfield, related to the family she is supposed to hate. He is also supposed to hate her, but he doesn't know that she is a Malone yet. She prepares to tell him everything on the nigh of his 18th birthday party. However, everything is ruined when a friend of the Crutchfields tells Bram who Kait really is. Bram leaves in a huff and his parents kick Kait out. Over the next several days, Kait tries to talk to Bram, but he doesn't listen. Can true love prevail after all is said and done? Or will Kait be left alone, forever depressed at Bram's departure? Read the book to find out !!!!