The Dream Stealer

By Sid Fleischman

Book Overview

There is a bandit who comes in the night. He does not want pretty silver earrings or dangly gold necklaces, not diamonds or rubies.

What does he want?

Listen, I will tell you.

He wants dreams.

He is supposed to take only nightmares--the dreams of monsters and phantoms--but he's grown scared. He's been taking the good dreams instead.

But one night he steals from the wrong girl.

Susana is clever. She is wily. She is brave.

And she wants her dream back.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006175563X
• ISBN13: 9780061755637
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A TEACHING TOOL

Talk about an exciting story! My 4th grade students can't put the book down! Yes, the Dream Stealer by Sid Fleischman mirrors Roald Dahl' BFG in many ways, but that makes it a great tool to teach comparing/contrasting. It also has similes on almost every page, which the kids love interpreting and using in their own writing. I also like the fact that the book takes place in Mexico, hence, giving its main characters and setting a non-stereotypical flair. My students took weeks to learn to say the name Consuelo Louisa properly, and I'm fine, fine, fine with that.