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Lois Lowry
In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws… THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre.
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For the first time, the Giver Quartet, four critically acclaimed modern classics, in one paperback boxed set. From two-time Newbery Medal winner and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry.
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The thrilling fourth companion novel to THE GIVER which inspired the dystopian genre and is soon to be a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift.
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In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal…
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A Study Guide for Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
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Lowry makes her picture book debut with a powerful story drawn from her own childhood. Dad has been away fighting in Word War II for longer than Liz can remember…
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Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.
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…
Soon to be an animated film on Netflix starring Ricky Gervais, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, and Sean Cullen! A beautiful new edition of New York Times…
"In a haunting story that tiptoes between reality and fantasy, two people--a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy--face their own histories and discover what they can be to…
From two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry comes this warm and resonant story of an unlikely friendship, which unfolds as a revelation on how we hold on to--and pass on--what matters…
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"Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired…
Under the Mouse Mistress Hildegarde’s leadership, a resilient group of church mice save themselves from one danger after another - sometimes by the skin of their tails! Can one ultimate…
Everything has turned out just splendidly, except for one problem: Richie Willoughby, son of Timothy Willoughby, is an only child and is quite lonely.Winifred and Winston Poore have long admired…
A Study Guide for Lois Lowry’s The Giver, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII’s most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative…
A first-rate visual reframing: sensitive, artistically brilliant, and as charged as its enigmatic predecessor with profound challenges to mind and heart. –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Joel Chaston
The first comprehensive critical study of Lois Lowrys work. In the first chapter, the author looks at Lowrys career as a whole, from her early work as a photographer and…
Lily Erlic
Lois Lowrys heartfelt stories about human relationships have connected with millions of readers since she released her first book, A Summer to Die was released in 1977. Her two subsequent…
Susanna Daniel
This book provides insight into the life and writing of popular children’s author Lois Lowry. Lowry, the winner of not one but two Newbery Awards (one for Number the Stars…
Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, 11-year-old Lydia Pierce and her 14-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their uncle to be…
From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII’s most infamous events- Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima.
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What could possibly go wrong when Anastasia Krupnik walks to a mailbox early one morning with two packages and a dog? Instead of mailing the letter, she deposits her dog’s…
Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a mentally-challenged boy.
In this moving autobiography, Lois Lowry explores her rich history through personal photographs, memories, and recollections of childhood friends. Lowry’s writing often transports readers into other worlds.
People are constantly asking two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this fascinating memoir, Lowry, answers this question, through recollections of childhood friends and pictures and…
When her father goes to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes with her mother and sister to her grandfather’s house where she learns to face up to the always…
Keeper a stray dog, separated from his mother and his siblings. Faces every challenge with his nose upturned and his tail held high. His journey out of puppyhood, during which…
Meg, who has always been very conscious of Molly’s prettiness, popularity, and happiness, must now face the grim reality of her sister’s death.
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister’s beauty and popularity. Her feelings don’t make it any easier for her to cope with Molly’s strange illness and eventual death.
Thirteen-year-old Meg and her sister Molly couldn’t be more different. Molly is beautiful and popular, and Meg is brainy and introverted. Accepting these differences has always been difficult for Meg…
Anastasia Krupnick’s many fans have known her little brother Sam for a long time. For the first time, he gets to tell things the way he sees them–and he’s worth…
For use in schools and libraries only. Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is…
Korean edition of the The Giver winner of the Newbery Medal by Lois Lowry who received countless awards includes the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the…
Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry returns along with Gooney Bird Greene, who makes her second literary appearance with more absolutely true stories to tell, more tips for her fellow aspiring…
Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family’s decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.
Who knew that bringing toy fangs home from nursery school would cause so many problems?
Join Gooney Bird as she greets every new challenge with excitement, aplomb, and a plethora of vocabulary words in this delightfully funny three-book volume.
Gooney Bird Greene returns for a classroom adventure in this fifth installment of two-time Newbery Award winner Lowry’s Gooney Bird series. Illustrations.
The companion novel to Lowry’s Newbery Medal winner The Giver follows young Matty as he makes one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he…
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children’s literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become deserving orphans after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure…
Mason’s translation is the most widely read of this classic tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend.
