Gossamer, Lois Lowry
Gossamer, Lois Lowry
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Gossamer

Author: Lois Lowry

Narrator: Anne Twomey

Unabridged: 2 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2006


Synopsis

From the two-time Newbery Award winning author of Number the Stars and The Giver, comes a novel about how even the smallest of dreams can break through the darkest of nights.
 
Littlest One is a tiny creature slowly learning her job of giving dreams to humans. Each night she and her teacher, Thin Elderly, visit an old woman’s home where she softly touches beloved objects, gathering happy memories, and drops of old scents and sounds. Littlest One pieces these bits together and presents them to her sleeping human in the form of pleasant dreams. But the dreaded Sinisteeds, dark fearsome creatures that plague their victims with nightmares, are always at work against the dreamgivers. When the old woman takes in John, an angry foster child with a troubled past, the Sinisteeds go after him with their horrifying nightmares. Can Littlest One, and her touch light as gossamer, protect John’s heart and soul from the nightmare of his dark past?

About The Author

Lois Lowry is also known for her Anastasia books. She and illustrator Middy Thomas also collaborated on Gooney Bird Greene. The author lives in Cambridge, MA.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen

This was a sweet, fairy tale like book about dreams and where they come from, that is very touching.."......more

First of all, I really love Lois Lowry. That being said, I loved this as much or maybe even more than The Giver, her most famous book. This is the story of little mythic creatures that give us our dreams. I loved the idea of how and why we have dreams and nightmares, and fell in love with the charac......more

Goodreads review by Miss

بعضی کتاب‌ها حیف‌اند که دسته‌بندی می‌شن. می‌رن بین کتاب‌های کودک و نوجوان و بعد به‌ندرت پیش میاد یه بزرگسال اون کتاب رو برای خودش بخره. تو کتاب‌های کودک و نوجوان همیشه یه حس آرامش عمیقی هست. مثل همین کتاب که رؤیاها آدما رو نجات می‌دن و درگیری‌ها و تنش‌ها با جادوی کودکانه‌ای محو می‌شن. حال همه خوب می......more


Quotes

“Lowry’s prose is simple and clear. This carefully plotted fantasy has inner logic and conviction. Readers will identify with Littlest, who is discovering her own special talents. . . . A beautiful novel with an intriguing premise.”–School Library Journal, Starred