Nightmare Giver

Words: 285
Pages: 2

The book Gossamer, written by Lois Lowry, is an inspiring tale of a creature named Little One, a gentle creature from a dream giving race, and her quest to protect a vulnerable young boy, John, from the approaching nightmare givers who keep reminding him of his treacherous past and are pushing him to the breaking point. In the beginning Little one, a rambunctious young dream giver, starts out by collecting fragments (memories found in sentimentally important objects) so that she can form the pleasant dreams for the house’s inhabitant, an isolated old woman. In addition to hearing of a dastardly horde of nightmare givers who are searching for an insecure person to prey on, Little One finds out that the elderly woman is adopting a vulnerable