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Lois Lowry

Autor(a) de The Giver

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About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Image credit: 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

Séries

Obras de Lois Lowry

The Giver (1993) 39,720 cópias
Number the Stars (1989) 18,622 cópias
Gathering Blue (2000) 9,546 cópias
Messenger (2004) 6,240 cópias
Son (2012) 3,346 cópias
Gossamer (2006) 2,151 cópias
The Willoughbys (2008) 1,739 cópias
Gooney Bird Greene (2002) 1,706 cópias
Anastasia Krupnik (1979) 1,459 cópias
The Giver Quartet (2014) 1,071 cópias
The Silent Boy (2003) 1,010 cópias
A Summer to Die (1977) 912 cópias
Anastasia Again! (1981) 695 cópias
Crow Call (2009) 666 cópias
Anastasia at your Service (1982) 646 cópias
Anastasia, Ask your Analyst (1984) — Autor — 541 cópias
Anastasia on Her Own (1985) 539 cópias
All About Sam (1988) 529 cópias
Anastasia has the Answers (1986) 498 cópias
Attaboy, Sam! (1992) 473 cópias
Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) 467 cópias
Autumn Street (1980) 409 cópias
Anastasia at this Address (1991) 363 cópias
Stay!: Keeper's Story (1721) 331 cópias
Bless This Mouse (2011) 314 cópias
Anastasia Absolutely (1995) 306 cópias
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (1978) 303 cópias
See You Around, Sam! (1996) 281 cópias
The Birthday Ball (2010) 253 cópias
Taking Care of Terrific (1983) 251 cópias
Rabble Starkey (1600) 242 cópias
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (2009) 214 cópias
Switcharound (1600) 186 cópias
Zooman Sam (Sam Krupnik) (1999) 183 cópias
On the Horizon (2020) 165 cópias
Gooney Bird on the Map (2011) 147 cópias
Your Move, J.P.! (1990) 115 cópias
US and Uncle Fraud (1984) 105 cópias
The Windeby Puzzle (2023) 105 cópias
The Willoughbys Return (2020) 71 cópias
Anastasia: Three of the Best (1996) 10 cópias
Tree. Table. Book. (2024) 5 cópias
Here in Kennebunkport (1978) 4 cópias
Anastasia - Intégrale (2014) 2 cópias
The giver. Il figlio (2022) 2 cópias
The Giver - Lois Lowry (SparkNotes) (2003) — Autor — 2 cópias
Valahol messze 1 exemplar(es)
Le retour des Willoughby (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
Giver Quartet, The 1 exemplar(es)
Us and Uncle Fraud 1 exemplar(es)
The Giver Study Guide 1 exemplar(es)
Nikczemny spisek 1 exemplar(es)
Il mistero di Windeby (2023) 1 exemplar(es)
O Meu Nome é Anastasia Krupnik (1992) 1 exemplar(es)
Pots comprar els estels? (1993) 1 exemplar(es)
Anastasia, di nuovo! (2021) 1 exemplar(es)
Livret lois lowry (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
Ich weiß nicht, wer ich bin (1983) 1 exemplar(es)
All'orizzonte (2021) 1 exemplar(es)
Spočítej hvězdy 1 exemplar(es)
Elliot's House 1 exemplar(es)
Darul lui Jonas (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
The Giver. Il messaggero 1 exemplar(es)
O Número das Estrelas (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
The Giver - Activity Pack (2004) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

O Senhor das Moscas (1954) — Posfácio, algumas edições; Prefácio, algumas edições49,397 cópias
Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) — Introdução, algumas edições17,933 cópias
Enchantress from the Stars (1970) — Prefácio, algumas edições1,312 cópias
Carrie's War (1973) — Posfácio, algumas edições939 cópias
The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Contribuinte — 815 cópias
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) — Contribuinte — 803 cópias
The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Contribuinte — 134 cópias
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future (1999) — Contribuinte — 123 cópias
Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories (2006) — Contribuinte, algumas edições; Prefácio, algumas edições50 cópias
It's Terrific to Be Ten (2000) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body (1938) — Contribuinte — 43 cópias
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places (2003) — Contribuinte — 41 cópias
Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures (2005) — Series Creator — 2 cópias
Gooney Bird Greene and her fabulous animal parade (2010) — Series Creator — 1 exemplar(es)
The Willoughbys [2020 film] — Original book — 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Hammersberg, Lois Ann
Data de nascimento
1937-03-20
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Locais de residência
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Governor's Island, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (mostrar todas 7)
Portland, Maine, USA
Educação
Brown University
University of Southern Maine (B.A., English Literature, 1972)
Ocupação
children's book author
Premiações
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2007)
Regina Medal (1994)
Agente
Emily van Beek (Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management)
Pequena biografia
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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Discussions

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

Resenhas

 
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ASSG.Library | outras 104 resenhas | 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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Estatísticas

Obras
106
Also by
18
Membros
99,617
Popularidade
#91
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
3,666
ISBNs
1,140
Idiomas
25
Favorito
149

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