Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo is a fantasy novel by Obert Skye that traces the journeys of Leven, a seemingly ordinary boy from Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma, and Winter Frore, a neglected girl, as they seek to find their way to the magical dream land of Foo.

She first notices this amazing gift when her hair begins to float around in mid air frosted with ice, terrifying her abusive, bloated mother, Janet.

Sabine thirsts to know the location of the gateway because he believes if he can freely travel between Foo and reality he can rule them both.

So evil and selfish are his desires that the very shadows he casts seek to flee him, giving him the ability to send his dark castoffs down through the dreams of men so he can view and mess with reality.

He constantly tries to find a nickname for Leven since Winter stole his original, "Lev" (many of which include Chief, Dog, or Big Man).