Gossamer by Lois Lowry Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Gossamer
Book Review: Gossamer the best book
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm 11 and absolutely LOVE Lois Lowry! This book is a great book for kids and adults it has a fairly easy vocabulary and a deeper concept. If you love or hate reading you will love this. Unless you have a loving book boy I would not recommend this for boys, this is definitely a girl book.Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book pulled me in; I couldn't help but keep turning the pages til I reached the end.Book Review: Inspiring!
Summary: 5 Stars
Gossamer contains both a delightful story about learning to use one's gifts to ease human suffering and a rich metaphor of the workings of the human psyche. Mysterious creatures of the night, more like angels than faeries, flutter and flicker through the objects of our lives finding fragments from which to form dreams to bestow on us. In this gentle story, a young apprentice dream-giver discovers how to use her gossamer touch to find the right fragments to give healing dreams to an abused and angry eight-year-old boy. Lowry has deftly interwoven the story of the young boy and his elderly foster mother with the story of the young dream-giver and her elderly mentor. While kids will identify with the struggles of the youngsters, grown-ups who work with kids will find inspiration in the work of the dream-givers. "We do such important work," says Thin Elderly. "Sometimes we forget that." Thanks, Ms. Lowry, for a wonderful story that will entertain, enlighten and give new strength to readers of all ages.
Janet Gingold
author of Danger, Long Division
Book Review: Kid Review
Summary: 4 Stars
Gossamer was one of the best books that I have ever read! The best part about it was Littlest, the main character in the story. She was entergetic and "happy" from the beginning. Even so, that it also what makes this book not one of my most favorite books. I don't think that the main character changed very much in the book, and she stayed the same. It would be a better book if Littlest changed even a little bit in the book. She was not so dull, but not really that exciting in the book, because of that reason only. If it hadn't been for that reason, I think that Gossamer would be one of my most favorite books of all time.Book Review: THE GIVER Lover loves GOSSAMER
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading THE GIVER--which I thought unbeatable--I've avoided Lois Lowry books believing, There's no way she could ever outdo THE GIVER. No way!
Glad I stumbled upon GOSSAMER at the library, the CD. Marvelous. Simply MARVELOUS!
And what a book to introduce young readers to shifts in perspective. Unbeatable.
So if you've not read it yet (or are looking for a great gift for a young person), try GOSSAMER!
As for me, having listening to the audio version (gorgeously read) I'm purchasing the book to-re-read!