From the two-time Newbery Medal-winning author of Number the Stars and The Giver comes a novel about how even the smallest of dreams can break through the darkest of nights.

Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? This imaginative novel from New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between the gentle bits and pieces of the past that come to life in dream, and the darker horrors that find their form in nightmare.

In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and fantasy, two people-a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy-face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another, renewed by the strength that comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see.

About the Author
Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.

Reviews
"[A]s haunting as a dream." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Lyrical, richly descriptive prose ushers readers into a fascinating parallel world inhabited by appealingly quirky characters." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A beautiful novel with an intriguing premise." - School Library Journal (starred review)


Awards
Winner of Golden Sower Award Masterlist (Nebraska) (United States) and ALA Notable Children's Book (United States) and West Virginia Children's Book Award (United States) and Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award (United States) and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont) (United States) and Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming) (United States) and Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9780063315549
Author Lois Lowry
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 454g