Gossamer

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From the two-time Newbery Medal-winning author of Number the Stars and The Giver comes a novel about how even the smallest of dreams can break through the darkest of nights.

Where do dreams come from What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears This imaginative novel from New York Times bestselling author 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 fantasy, 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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"[A]s haunting as a dream." Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "Lyrical, richly descriptive prose ushers readers into a fascinating parallel world inhabited by appealingly quirky characters." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A beautiful novel with an intriguing premise." School Library Journal (starred review)

Author Bio

Lois Lowry, author of over twenty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number the Stars), was born on 20 March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her nineteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire.