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Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry (nee Lois Ann Hammersberg) was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was educated at both Brown University and the University of Southern Maine. Before becoming an author, she worked as a photographer and a freelance journalist. Her first book, A Summer to Die, was published visa mer in 1977. Since then she has written over 30 books for young adults including Gathering Blue, Messenger, the Anastasia Krupnik series, and Son. She has received numerous awards including: The New York Times Best Seller,the International Reading Association's Children's Literature Award, the American Library Association Notable Book Award Citation and two Newberry Medals for Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. She was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Brown University in 2014. The Giver is part of a Quartet of books; it is the first book, followed by Gathering Blue, messenger and Son. The Giver has been met with a diversity of reactions from schools in America, some of which have adopted it as a part of the mandatory curriculum, while others have prohibited the book's inclusion in classroom studies. It was also made into a feature film of the same name released in 2014. Lois Lowry also made the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 finalists in the author category. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Foto taget av: Author Lois Lowry at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53502477

Serier

Verk av Lois Lowry

Den utvalde (1993) 39,718 exemplar
Den gyllene stjärnan (1989) 18,621 exemplar
Gathering Blue (2000) 9,545 exemplar
Messenger (2004) 6,240 exemplar
Son (2012) 3,346 exemplar
Gossamer (2006) 2,151 exemplar
The Willoughbys (2008) 1,739 exemplar
Gooney Bird Greene (2002) 1,706 exemplar
Anastasia K. (1979) 1,459 exemplar
The Giver Quartet (2014) 1,071 exemplar
The Silent Boy (2003) 1,010 exemplar
A Summer to Die (1977) 912 exemplar
Anastasia Again! (1981) 695 exemplar
Crow Call (2009) 666 exemplar
Anastasia at your Service (1982) 646 exemplar
Anastasia, Ask your Analyst (1984) — Författare — 541 exemplar
Anastasia on Her Own (1985) 539 exemplar
All About Sam (1988) 529 exemplar
Anastasia has the Answers (1986) 498 exemplar
Attaboy, Sam! (1992) 473 exemplar
Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) 467 exemplar
Autumn Street (1980) 409 exemplar
Anastasia at this Address (1991) 363 exemplar
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother (2016) 361 exemplar
Stay!: Keeper's Story (1721) 331 exemplar
Bless This Mouse (2011) 314 exemplar
Anastasia Absolutely (1995) 306 exemplar
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (1978) 303 exemplar
See You Around, Sam! (1996) 281 exemplar
The Birthday Ball (2010) 253 exemplar
Taking Care of Terrific (1983) 251 exemplar
Rabble Starkey (1600) 242 exemplar
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (2009) 214 exemplar
Switcharound (1600) 186 exemplar
Zooman Sam (Sam Krupnik) (1999) 183 exemplar
On the Horizon (2020) 165 exemplar
Gooney Bird on the Map (2011) 147 exemplar
Your Move, J.P.! (1990) 115 exemplar
US and Uncle Fraud (1984) 105 exemplar
The Windeby Puzzle (2023) 105 exemplar
The Willoughbys Return (2020) 71 exemplar
Anastasia: Three of the Best (1996) 10 exemplar
Tree. Table. Book. (2024) 5 exemplar
Here in Kennebunkport (1978) 4 exemplar
Anastasia - Intégrale (2014) 2 exemplar
The giver. Il figlio (2022) 2 exemplar
The Giver - Lois Lowry (SparkNotes) (2003) — Författare — 2 exemplar
Valahol messze 1 exemplar
Le retour des Willoughby (2023) 1 exemplar
Giver Quartet, The 1 exemplar
Us and Uncle Fraud 1 exemplar
Nikczemny spisek 1 exemplar
Il mistero di Windeby (2023) 1 exemplar
Pots comprar els estels? (1993) 1 exemplar
Anastasia, di nuovo! (2021) 1 exemplar
Livret lois lowry (2011) 1 exemplar
Ich weiß nicht, wer ich bin (1983) 1 exemplar
All'orizzonte (2021) 1 exemplar
Spočítej hvězdy 1 exemplar
Elliot's House 1 exemplar
Darul lui Jonas (2013) 1 exemplar
O Número das Estrelas (2016) 1 exemplar
The Giver - Activity Pack (2004) 1 exemplar

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The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Bidragsgivare — 134 exemplar
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 123 exemplar
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 81 exemplar
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Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 17 exemplar
Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures (2005) — Series Creator — 2 exemplar
Gooney Bird Greene and her fabulous animal parade (2010) — Series Creator — 1 exemplar
The Willoughbys [2020 film] — Original book — 1 exemplar

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Allmänna fakta

Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Hammersberg, Lois Ann
Födelsedag
1937-03-20
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Bostadsorter
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Governor's Island, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (visa alla 7)
Portland, Maine, USA
Utbildning
Brown University
University of Southern Maine (B.A., English Literature, 1972)
Yrken
children's book author
Priser och utmärkelser
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2007)
Regina Medal (1994)
Agent
Emily van Beek (Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management)
Kort biografi
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After studying at Brown University, she married, started a family, and turned her attention to writing. She is the author of more than forty books for young adults, including the 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. Several books have been adapted to film and stage, and THE GIVER has become an opera. Her newest book, ON THE HORIZON, is a collection of memories and images from Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and post-war Japan. A mother and grandmother, Ms. Lowry divides her time between Maine and Florida. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com

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Diskussioner

Found: Middle-grade book where MC dies at end i Name that Book (april 2023)
What Are You Reading the Week of 14 March 2015? i What Are You Reading Now? (mars 2015)
YA/Children's Book - Sister with Leukemia i Name that Book (maj 2011)

Recensioner

 
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ASSG.Library | 104 andra recensioner | Mar 15, 2024 |
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 1,581 andra recensioner | Mar 13, 2024 |

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Statistik

Verk
106
Även av
18
Medlemmar
99,613
Popularitet
#91
Betyg
3.9
Recensioner
3,666
ISBN
1,140
Språk
25
Favoritmärkt
149

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