The Year of the Dream

***If we only had a boat of our own. Then the boat comes along and Wendy, Dick, Beanie and their parents decides to earn the $2,000 purchase price.*** They take extra jobs, give up vacations, baby sit, wash cars, collect papers, and even breed rats. The project is a complete success until Beanie is hit by a car and taken to the hospital. ***The boat fund becomes the medical fund and the children realize how unimportant the boat is, compared to Beanie.*** When Beanie is better, Wendy discovers that she has won a contest and can buy the boat with her prize money. ***The story, told by Wendy, set in up-state New York, is a warm account of family relationships.*** ***ABOUT the AUTHOR:*** ***COLLIER, Zena. (Zena Hampson). Also writes as Jane Collier, Zena Shumsky.*** American (born England), b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Young adult fiction. Career: Writers Workshop in Continuing Education, Nazareth College, part-time teacher; full-time writer. Resident fellow, Yaddo, MacDowell, Saltonstall Foundation, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. **Publications:** ***ADULT NOVELS:*** A Cooler Climate, 1990; Ghost Note, 1992. Contributor of short stories and essays to journals and magazines. ***YOUNG ADULT FICTION:*** (as Zena Shumsky with L. Shumsky) First Flight, 1962; **(as Jane Collier) The Year of the Dream, 1962;** (as Zena Shumsky with L. Shumsky) Shutterbug, 1963; (as Jane Collier) A Tangled Web, 1967; (as Zena Collier) Next Time I'll Know, 1981. ***YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION:*** Seven for the People, 1979. ***Address: c/o Harvey Klinger***, 301 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019-5766, U.S.A. Online address: zcollier@earthlink.net