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Lois Lowry

Lois Ann Lowry (/ˈlaʊəri/;[2] 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 in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.
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American writer

Born 20 March 1937

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  • Cover of: Rabble Starkey

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  • Cover of: Like the willow tree: the diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce

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  • Cover of: Gooney Bird and the room mother

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American writer

Born 20 March 1937

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Humorous stories, Family life, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Large type books, Schools, Schools, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Families, Family, Science fiction, Friendship, New York Times reviewed, Ficción juvenil, Orphans, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Siblings, fiction, Anastasia Krupnik (Fictitious character), Gerbils, fiction, New York Times bestseller, Novela juvenil

Places

Boston (Mass.), Denmark, Maine, America, Denmark. sweden, Juvenile fiction, Kennebunkport, Kennebunkport (Me.), Maple Street, Pennsylvania, United States, Venice, cophenhagen

People

Jonas, Lois Lowry, Alphonse, Archie Smith, Bradbury children, Captain Tory, Ellen, Gooney Bird Green, Harris Burdick, Kirsti, Lewis Evans, Mr. Linden, Oscar, annemarie

Time

20th century, 1993, 21e siècle, 21st century, The Future, This is current and relative to the lives of children, WW2, WWII and 19889

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  • Lois W. Lowry
  • Lois White Lowry

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March 5, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
March 5, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
December 14, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import