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Lois Lowry

5 stars across 44 books

Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.
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Number the Stars

1st September 2011

Number the Stars

In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save he... More

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Number the Stars

30th September 1990

Number the Stars

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Anastasia at This Address

31st December 1998

Anastasia at This Address

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The Willoughbys

3rd September 2009

The Willoughbys

"Shouldn't we be orphans?" one of the Willoughby children suggests one day. The four are, after all, part of an old-fash... More

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Bless This Mouse

7th April 2015

Bless This Mouse

"Fun and lighthearted." --Publishers WeeklyA resilient and quirky colony of church mice fears another Great X more than ... More

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Anastasia on Her Own

1st January 1998

Anastasia on Her Own

Her family's new, organized schedule for easy housekeeping makes Anastasia confident that she can run the household whil... More

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Anastasia at Your Service

1st January 1998

Anastasia at Your Service

A long, boring summer--that's what Anastasia has to look forward to when her best friend goes off to camp. She's thrille... More

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Gooney Bird Greene: Book 1

14th May 2014

Gooney Bird Greene: Book 1

From the moment Gooney Bird Greene arrives at Watertower Elementary School, her fellow students are intrigued by her uni... More

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Messenger

21st July 2014

Messenger

The fascinating third companion novel to THE GIVER which inspired the dystopian genre and is soon to be a major motion... More

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The Giver

21st July 2014

The Giver

In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws... THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that i... More

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The Giver (Graphic Novel)

1st April 2019

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Number the Stars

by BigKid

This is a powerful story set during WW2 in Occupied Denmark. An interesting account of families that supported their Jewish friends and neighbours. Wh...
Number the Stars

by Pleadsreads

Number the Stars is the story of ten year old Annemarie living in Denmark in 1943. Annemarie's best friend, Ellen, is Jewish, and the book tells how A...