Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Who would like this book? Lois Lowry fans and fantasy fans who are fascinated by dreams, nightmares and their impact on humans.
Why? Lowry lets us see one world from two perspectives in this fascinating tale. From the fantasy side, we meet the dream-givers Littlest and her mentor, Thin Elderly. Littlest is learning the art of gathering memories from the homes of humans and weaving them into happy, helpful dreams that she can bestow with compassion on her appointed human. From the real side of the story, we get to know one of the dream-givers’ humans — a lonely, elderly woman who takes in a troubled foster son, John. The arrival of the vicious Sinisteeds, the bringers of nightmares, is the conflict that brings the characters to crisis and redemption.
The details: 144 p. 2006