Picking up a little after where the last book left off, Lair of Dreams, by Libba Bray, is the second book in the “Diviners” series. Diviners are people with godlike supernatural powers, and after Evie O’Niell tells the world that she is a “diviner” she becomes New York City’s newest and biggest star, dubbed the ‘Sweetheart Seer.’ As she explains that she has the power to uncover people’s deepest, darkest secrets (or just recent events), other diviners are coming to terms with their own powers. Henry Bartholomew Dubois IV is a runaway pianist making a living working in the theater business. As he plays his piano throughout the day, he walks, completely awake, in dreams at night. Henry has the ability to walk through dreams, yes. But, he can also persuade dreamers. He can suggest to the dreamer to dream something different, keep sleeping, and even to wake up. Thought to be the only one to experience this peculiar phenomenon, he meets Chinatown resident, Ling Chan in a dream. Ling can find the dead and recently deceased in her dreams. She is constantly visited by ‘ghosts’ telling her their unfinished business or asking requests. She even has people coming to her, asking for her to find their loved ones in the dream world. When…show more content… Many people from other countries immigrated to the U.S. during this time, making it difficult for anyone who wasn’t an “American” to live normally. Sam, Ling, and Memphis are good examples of characters who faced the struggle to blend in. Sam shares that he was often beat up and tormented as a kid for being a Russian immigrant who was also Jewish. Ling and Memphis both faced racial prejudices. As Memphis was often framed for things and easily arrested even when innocent for being black, Ling was often called “dirty” and pointed out for having leg braces. She had even been confronted by members of the Ku Klux Klan and was beaten in public for she was “ruining
