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Lois Lowry, best known for her six Anastasia Krupnik adventures, has enjoyed popularity with readers and critics alike. Her thirteen books for children, featuring realistic themes and delightful characters, help them answer their own questions about life...

Not to be confused with writer Lois Duncan-- ("People often confuse us. We're the same age, sort of look alike, and even get each other's mail. We get a kick out of it."1 Lois Lowry has written books for young people dealing with subjects ranging from th...

"The most important things to me in my own life, as well as in my books, are human relationships of all kinds," Lois Lowry once told Author and Artists for Young Adults (AAYA) in an interview. "Although my books deal largely with families, I also attach...

Lois Lowry Gathering Blue 215 pp. Lorraine/Houghton 9/00 ISBN 0-618-05581-9 15.00 g (Intermediate, Middle School) Long rumored to be a sequel to the author's Newbery medal-winning The Giver (rev. 7/93), Lois Lowry's new novel, save for a teasing hint near its end,...

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Explores the character of Kira in Gathering Blue, a novel by Lois Lowry. Describes how Lois Lowry shows us in her books The Giver and Gathering Blue what it would be like not to have freedom and how important it is that we have it.

In the book "Gathering Blue," Lois Lowry's message is that freedom and choice essential to life. The author proves this through particular events in the story.