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Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry

Americanb. March 20, 1937Children's Literature

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→

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