Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry is an American author who has won two Newbery Medals, for Number the Stars and The Giver. Her dystopian novel The Giver became a foundational text of young adult literature.
Works
- The GiverDystopian society where Receiver of Memory gains dangerous knowledge of human emotion
- Number the StarsGirls resist Nazi occupation in Denmark by helping Jewish friend escape to Sweden
- Gathering BlueBlind girl creates vibrant world of color and weaving in dystopian society
- MessengerYoung guardian becomes messenger between perfect village and dangerous surrounding world
- SonGirl discovers she exists as a clone, searching for truth beyond her creation