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Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer.She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey.She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars.

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All books by Lois Lowry. flag. All Votes Add Books To This List. 1: The Giver (The Giver, #1) by. Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,394,148 ratings. score: 5,293, and 53 people voted Want to Read saving… Want to Read; Currently Reading.

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Lois Lowry's first book opportunity was generated out of her freelance work for the Redbook magazine. A Houghton editor advised her to write a children's book upon recognizing her talent. Lois Lowry agreed to Houghton's opinion and quickly wrote a book entitled A Summer to Die that was published in 1977 by Houghton Mifflin when Lois Lowry had turned forty years old.

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Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik.

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Lois Lowry Books. An uncontested master of children's literature and a two-time Newbery Award winner, Lois Lowry is renowned for her ability to interweave difficult topics with approachable narratives, which she does expertly in Number the Stars and the Giver quartet. She has also written several lighthearted books, including the Anastasia.

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Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. . She received Newbery Medals for two of.

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Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body.

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The Giver Series. 4 primary works • 7 total works. Jonas is born into a society that has eliminated suffering. It is not until Jonas goes to meet the Giver in his training to become the new receiver that he realizes that you cannot have true pleasure and understanding without suffering. Finally, the societies that the characters are a part of.

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Lois Lowry, American author who wrote some 50 books, mainly directed toward young adults, beginning in the 1970s. By the early 1990s she had solidified her reputation by winning two Newbery Medals, awarded for the most distinguished children's book of the year. On her website, Lowry described the

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Caroline and J.P. Tate are so much like real kids in real families: a bickering sister-and-brother pair, with a long-suffering single mom. They live in New York City, but in one book they spend a summer with their dad in Iowa. In truth, the Tates could exist anywhere.

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About the Author. LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family of four children.

Book Review The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry Danville Public Library

The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses.. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. In an effort to preserve order, the society also.

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Combine EditionsLois Lowry's books. Average rating: 4.1 · 3,495,191 ratings · 139,836 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors. The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,387,965 ratings — published 1993 — 369 editions. Want to Read. saving…. Want to Read. Currently Reading. Read.

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Lois Lowry is a popular children's book author responsible for such critically acclaimed titles as 'The Giver' and 'Number the Stars.'