Gossamer

This is an okay book written by Lois Lowry. Littlest is out on a dark night with her mentor Fastidious. They stealthily sneak into a woman's home and lightly touch objects, collecting memories of her and her dog. Littlest is part of a small sub colony of dream-givers. Through touching, they gather fragments such as colors, words, sounds, and scents. They then combine the fragments to become dreams, and give the dreams to humans, and sometimes pets. The giving of dreams is called the bestowal. The woman takes in an eight-year-old boy named John who is described as angry by a social worker. She responds to him through kindness hoping he will learn to respect other people and animals. The dream givers try to coax both of them to get along by manipulating their dreams.