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Lois Ann Lowry (/ ˈ l aʊər i /; [2] née Hammersberg; born 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 .
Janette Sebring Lowrey (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1986) [2] [3] [4] was an American children's writer, best known for the book The Poky Little Puppy. [5] As of 2001, The Poky Little Puppy was the single all-time best-selling hardcover children's book in the U.S., having sold nearly 15 million copies. [6]
Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers was included in the 2009 Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Book list [11] and was shortlisted in the non-fiction category in the 2009 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. [12] Lowry received the 2008 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship with Paula Morris. [13]
The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies.
Children's author Natalie Babbitt, writing in The Washington Post called the novel "a warning in narrative form," saying: "The story has been told before in a variety of forms—Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 comes to mind—but not, to my knowledge, for children. It's well worth telling, especially by a writer of Lowry's great skill.
Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II.. The story revolves around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lives with her mother, father, and sister Kirsti in Copenhagen in 1943.
Teen Mom 2's Kailyn Lowry's Sweetest Photos With Her Kids Although Lowry’s aunt suggested the family name Aire, she did not “want to use it” because Kylie Jenner chose the moniker for her ...
Son is a 2012 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry. The fourth and final book in The Giver Quartet, the story takes place during and after the first book in the series, The Giver. The story follows Claire, the Birthmother of Gabriel, who was marked for "release" in The Giver before being taken out of the community by Jonas.