Square Squire and the Journey to DreamState

Square Squire And The Journey To Dreamstate My 394-Page 96729-Word Novel Is A Semiautobiographical Story Of Growing Up Geeky In The Last Innocent Time When All The Basketball Players Had Hopes And None Of The Gangs Had Guns.. Squire Brooks Is A Precocious Nerd Whose Only Awareness Of The Transitions In His Neighborhood Of Compton California In The 60S Is The Opportunity To Chuck Stones At The Increasing Number Of For Sale Signs In The Yards Of His White Neighbors. His Fathers Deepening Involvement In Civil Rights Creates Increasing Chaos In His Home Where Squire Writes His Short Stories And Daydreams. Adolescence Brings Peer-Driven Lessons About Girls Puberty Girls Bullies And Girls As He Navigates The Temptations During His Elementary Junior High And High School Years.. Squires Daydreaming Has Developed Into An Imaginative Mechanism That Frees His Mind From All The Chaos And Allows Him To Escape To A Dream State Whenever He Writes. After Graduating From High School And On A Road Trip With His Dog Julius Squire Meets Octavia Steves Who Teaches Him That His Dream State Is Actually A Form Of Meditation That Could Help Him Become The Writer Of His Dreams.