Gossamer (2006)

A quick read about dream-givers and the source of our dreams. Another good Lois Lowry book.

Like all of Lowry's book - this book is AWESOME. A really great read as an introduction into the Fantasy genre. My only complaint was that the book ended very abruptly. I didn't get the feel that all the conflicts throughout the book were solved or at least accepted. ( )

This book is excellent. It's a very fast read, but you get the pleasure of watching the boy and his mother transform through love and hope given to them by the dream givers and foster mother.

Lois Lowry is an excellent writer, though at some points I did feel taken out of the book for an explanation that could have been explained in another way or left out altogether. She begins to use parenthesis about halfway through to explain some things, which makes it difficult to stay in the scene. I wish the dream descriptions had been throughout the book instead of just the two at the end, which would have made it more piecey but you could also have seen more dreams, which I thought was important to the story.

This is a very descriptive book and I would recommend it to anyone who has two hours to spare. I would have loved to read more about the mother and her transformation or the relationship between the old woman and the man in the photo, but for the length of the book, it's perfect. ( )

fairies and fairy dust - cute if you like fantasy.

Littlest One is a dream-giver-in-training and is given the task of bestowing good dreams on a troubled little boy, named John. She learns what Sinisteeds are and puts forth more energy than a fairy can handle when trying to undue and overcome the nightmares the Sinisteeds give John. With her softest, delicate, gossamer touch she bestows the best dreams she can conjure up to save John from letting the nightmares and past bad memories take over his life. Littlest One becomes a true dream giver in this enchanting story. ( )