Gossamer by Lois Lowry
2008-2009 WAW Award Nominee for Grades 6-8
August 17, 2008
Have you ever seen the television commercial which features a butterfly gently fluttering across the drowsy heads of people falling asleep? That is the image that comes to mind as I look at the cover of this book. Gossamer is also a word that is often used to describe the wings of butterflies.
Plot: But this is not a book about butterflies. It is book about hope, change, and the power of positive thinking. Life is about changes, and people often struggle with change. Not all people are nice, and it requires positive thinking and action to overcome the mean nature of people in our lives. This is a book about dreams and the dream-givers who give us the hope and the courage to face difficulties and changes in life.
Characters: Littlest, Fastidious, Most Ancient, Thin Elderly, John, an old woman, a young woman, Toby, the Heap, the Horde, Sinisteed
Setting: a house, a school
Genre: fantasy fiction
28 chapters, 153 pages
