Books with title Akumu, The Dream Thief

When the Dream Thief steals their mother’s dream of being an artist the boys and their Dream Lord cat, Snuggle, set off to rescue her dream. The party, including their mother as a six year old child, pass through the Place of Nightmares (where butterflies with butterfly nets, game birds with shot guns and fish with fishing rods try to get them) and enter the Land of Dreams where with the help of Little Dream and the Hero Dreamhogs they seek the stronghold of the Dream Thief and brave the mighty Gnargs, warrior servants of the Princess of the Night.

Evelyn has crossed fully into her dreams, but the nightmares are not her own. She has lost her beloved twin sister, her father, her friends. Her mother is hovering between life and death. She has given herself over completely to escape the pain. The insanity is spreading like a disease in both worlds. She has turned away from the man that would posses her soul. Ira, the handsome, dangerous ruler of the dream world, wants to use her to control both worlds, and he will stop at nothing to enslave her soul and harness her power. But she has nowhere to turn, nowhere to go, nowhere she can find safety or redemption. The nightmares are real, and they are consuming her. Book Four of the Four Part "The Dream Thief" Series.