Hyde Students Recommend: From S.S.

I have finished the book Gossamer, by Lois Lowry yesterday night. I felt it was a good story, open to interpretation. I enjoyed the way that dreams were fragments of everyday life, and how the "dream givers," bestow the dreams. I also felt the basic plot of the story- of how a foster child, John, who has a troubled early life, has nightmares- given to him by the hoards, while the dream givers, Littlest One, and Thin Elderly, try to give him the good dreams- not only to him, but to those around him; his foster grandmother, and his dog. There were also quite a few side stories- the one on how John was treated by his abusive father, and how his mother tries hard to get him back. There is also a metamorphosis of Littlest One- how she changes through the story to finally be given a new name, Gossamer, because of her gossamer touch. In the end, I felt that I learned a bit about dreams- and how it is very important to people, because it helps them a lot in their future.