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.
Inspired by Mexican folk tales, THE DREAM STEALER tells the story of a fantastical creature that sneaks into people's bedrooms and steals their dreams. But one plucky young girl named Susana wants her dreams back. Will the dream stealer repent his evil ways and go back to his real job of plucking away nightmares?
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: People + Places / Mexico, Science Fiction + Fantasy + Magic, Action + Adventure / General, General
- Age: 9-12 years
- Publisher: Greenwillow
- Pages: 89
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: September 1, 2009
- Date Published: September 1, 2009
- Author: Sid Fleischman
- Illustrator: Peter Sis