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Gossamer

By Lois Lowry

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| Hardcover | 9780618685509

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Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? Drawing on her rich imagination, two-time Newbery winner Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between the gentle bits and pieces Continue

Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? Drawing on her rich imagination, two-time Newbery winner Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between the gentle bits and pieces of the past that come to life in dream, and the darker horrors that find their form in nightmare. In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two peoplea lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boyface their own histories and discover what they can be to one another, renewed by the strength that comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see.

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  • Gossamer By Lois Lowry

    Littlest One isn't quite sure what she is. She's practically transparent, but she casts a shadow. She's not like a dog (she doesn't have a tail, after all), and yet she doesn't seem quite human. All she knows is that she is learning, slowly, to do a ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • GOSSAMER

    Without a doubt, Lois Lowry's books stand out when compared with some of the other fare on contemporary bookshelves --- and thankfully Lowry has been recognized for it. In 1990, she won her first Newbery Medal for NUMBER THE STARS, a fictionalized ac ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • I picked this one up because I loved a previous book this author wrote. (Number the Stars) I was not disappointed! Very imaginative and interesting. I'm thinking of rechecking it out to read it to my girls when they are a bit older.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 144 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0618685502
  • ISBN-13: 9780618685509
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
  • Pub date: Apr 24, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Others
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