*Gossamer

by Lois Lowry

Littlest One is training as a dream-giver. With a touch as light as gossamer, she takes seriously her job of gathering memories from people's possessions and returning the pleasant memories as dreams. When she and Thin Elderly, her mentor, get a new assignment, they realize that their new job will be difficult. The old woman is lonely and has taken in a foster child named John, who's living apart from an abusive father and the fragile mother who desperately wants him back.  Sinisteeds are at work here, too, inflicting nightmares and undoing the careful work of the dream-givers to bring happiness to their charges.

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