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Gossamer

Gossamer

by Lois Lowry, Anne Twomey

2006Child abuseFoster home careFictionNightmaresJuvenile fiction
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First lines

An owl called, its shuddering hoots repeating mournfully in the distance.

About this book

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

Themes & subjects

Child abuseFoster home careFictionNightmaresJuvenile fictionDreams
First published 2006

About the author

Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry

20 March 1937

Lois Ann Lowry (/ˈlaʊəri/;[2] née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry

Authors

Lois Lowry, Anne Twomey

First published

2006

Pages

153

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

11

Language

English

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

ISBN

9780739335260

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