The Willoughbys

Gooney Bird on the Map (Gooney Bird Greene) (Gooney Bird Greene, 5)

Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories

More to the Story

Boy Giant

The Magician's Elephant

The True Gift: A Christmas Story

Midnight For Charlie Bone

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 people—a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy—face 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.

Gossamer is perfect for readers not quite ready for Lois Lowry's Newbery-Award winner The Giver and also for readers interested in dreams, nightmares, spirits and the dream world.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry, 2008

Gooney Bird on the Map (Gooney Bird Greene) (Gooney Bird Greene, 5)

Lois Lowry, Middy Thomas, 2011

Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories

Lois Lowry, Meg Cabot, 2007

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Hena Khan, 2019

Boy Giant

Michael Morpurgo, 2019

The Magician's Elephant

Kate Dicamillo, Yoko Tanaka, 2009

The True Gift: A Christmas Story

Patricia Maclachlan, Brian Floca, 2009

Midnight For Charlie Bone

Jenny Nimmo, 2002