- Child abuse, Foster home care, Fiction, Nightmares
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Lois Lowry, Anne Twomey
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Brand: Listening Library (Audio), Turtleback Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780618685509
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“An owl called, its shuddering hoots repeating mournfully in the distance.”
Lois Ann Lowry (/ˈlaʊəri/;[2] née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry
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