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| Gossamer | 
 enlarge | Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 9984
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0385734166
EAN: 9780385734165
ASIN: 0385734166
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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Gossamer November 18, 2008
This month I read the fantastic book Gossamer by Lois Lowry. It is about imaginary creatures called dreamgivers. Each dreamgiver has a house; there they gather happy memories from items and give humans and pets dreams. The main character in this story is named Littlest One. Each night she and her teacher Thin Elderly set dreams upon the humans. In the house to which Littlest One and Thin Elderly were assigned lives a lady and an eight year old boy named Jon. The evil sinisteeds have targeted Jon because of his troubled past. Sinisteeds are evil horse- like creatures that can sense weakness in people and work against the dreamgivers. It's up to Littlest One to save Jon before he is stuck with horrible nightmares forever. Will Littlest One succeed as a dreamgiver or will the sinisteeds take over Jon's dreams?
Inspiring! July 24, 2008
Gossamer contains both a delightful story about learning to use one's gifts to ease human suffering and a rich metaphor of the workings of the human psyche. Mysterious creatures of the night, more like angels than faeries, flutter and flicker through the objects of our lives finding fragments from which to form dreams to bestow on us. In this gentle story, a young apprentice dream-giver discovers how to use her gossamer touch to find the right fragments to give healing dreams to an abused and angry eight-year-old boy. Lowry has deftly interwoven the story of the young boy and his elderly foster mother with the story of the young dream-giver and her elderly mentor. While kids will identify with the struggles of the youngsters, grown-ups who work with kids will find inspiration in the work of the dream-givers. "We do such important work," says Thin Elderly. "Sometimes we forget that." Thanks, Ms. Lowry, for a wonderful story that will entertain, enlighten and give new strength to readers of all ages.
Janet Gingold
author of Danger, Long Division
Great Book June 15, 2008
This book pulled me in; I couldn't help but keep turning the pages til I reached the end.
 Gossamer March 10, 2008
This was an entertaining story. It portrays these creatures that give dreams and their struggles to help people through their dreams and to help them fight off creatures that bring nightmares. It also tells the story of an 8 year old boy abused by his father who also abused her mother and has now gone off to live with an elderly lady. It was a very short book. Very easy to read and pretty interesting. It starts out a little slow for the 1st couple of chapters before you figure out what's going on. Then it's very interesting.
Kid Review February 6, 2008
Gossamer was one of the best books that I have ever read! The best part about it was Littlest, the main character in the story. She was entergetic and "happy" from the beginning. Even so, that it also what makes this book not one of my most favorite books. I don't think that the main character changed very much in the book, and she stayed the same. It would be a better book if Littlest changed even a little bit in the book. She was not so dull, but not really that exciting in the book, because of that reason only. If it hadn't been for that reason, I think that Gossamer would be one of my most favorite books of all time.
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