Tall teen Chrissy McCall’s passion in life is music — she even has a part time job at a record store to try to save up enough money to buy a fabulous electric guitar – so just imagine her elation when cute rocker Robin James, lead singer of the hot local band Robin and the Hoods, shows up at the store and overhears Chrissy practicing one of her own original songs and invites her to come and play with the band at their next rehearsal. Of course, all of this (and pretty much everything else) would go a lot smoother if Chrissy’s plans weren’t consistently foiled by obnoxious photography junkie Duncan West, the son of her parents’ BFFs, who has the uncanny knack of taking unflattering photos of Chrissy.

          This is Sweet Dreams Land, so it comes as little surprise that dreamy Robin James is actually an insecure, attention starved control freak, while earnest Duncan is actually hiding a sweet personality (not to mention a huge crush on Chrissy) beneath his quirky fedora.

          The novel’s major drawback is the abrupt manner in which it depicts Chrissy’s shift of affections. Even the big ending payoff scene at the school dance seems rushed and underdeveloped, but the happy ending for all nearly compensates.