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Anastasia Has the Answersby Lois LowryISBN 0440400872 (0-440-40087-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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El Dadorby Lois Lowry, Maria Luisa BalseiroISBN 8424159535 (84-241-5953-5)
Softcover, Everest De Ediciones Y distribucion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Dador'Book summary:Así se describe el incierto futuro de un nino que habita un mundo supuestamente ideal: sin conflictos, pobreza, desempleo. divorcio. injusticia ni desigualdades. Una sociedad en la que los valores de familia son de máxima importancia, la rebelión juvenil es algo desconocido y la educación es casi una forma de vida. Contado con una sencillez que engana, esta es la provocativa historia de un nino que experimenta algo increíble y emprende algo imposible. Este libro cuestiona todos los valores que siempre hemos dado por supuestos y vuelve a examinar nuestras creencias mas profundas. Diciembre es le mes en el que se celebre la Ceremonia anual, en el que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonas, un nino que cumple sus doce anos, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial. Cuando su selecciona le lleva ante el mas honorable de los Ancianos - el Dador -, Jonas comienza a darse cuenta de los oscuros secretos que subyacen bajo la frágil perfección de su mundo. [via]
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Find a Stranger, Say Goodbyeby Lois LowryISBN 0440205417 (0-440-20541-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye'Book summary:Natalie Armstrong, an attractive, happy teenager about to enter college, sets out to discover the parents who gave her up at infancy.[via]More editions of Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye:
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Gathering Blueby Lois LowryISBN 0385732562 (0-385-73256-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gathering Blue'Book summary:Lois Lowry's magnificent novel of the distant future, The Giver, is set in a highly technical and emotionally repressed society. This eagerly awaited companion volume, by contrast, takes place in a village with only the most rudimentary technology, where anger, greed, envy, and casual cruelty make ordinary people's lives short and brutish. This society, like the one portrayed in The Giver, is controlled by merciless authorities with their own complex agendas and secrets. And at the center of both stories there is a young person who is given the responsibility of preserving the memory of the culture--and who finds the vision to transform it.
Kira, newly orphaned and lame from birth, is taken from the turmoil of the village to live in the grand Council Edifice because of her skill at embroidery. There she is given the task of restoring the historical pictures sewn on the robe worn at the annual Ruin Song Gathering, a solemn day-long performance of the story of their world's past. Down the hall lives Thomas the Carver, a young boy who works on the intricate symbols carved on the Singer's staff, and a tiny girl who is being trained as the next Singer. Over the three artists hovers the menace of authority, seemingly kind but suffocating to their creativity, and the dark secret at the heart of the Ruin Song.
With the help of a cheerful waif called Matt and his little dog, Kira at last finds the way to the plant that will allow her to create the missing color--blue--and, symbolically, to find the courage to shape the future by following her art wherever it may lead. With astonishing originality, Lowry has again created a vivid and unforgettable setting for this thrilling story that raises profound questions about the mystery of art, the importance of memory, and the centrality of love. (Ages 10 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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- Gathering Blue: ISBN 0440229499 (0-440-22949-9)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf - Gathering Blue: ISBN 0553494783 (0-553-49478-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Gathering Blue: ISBN 0786230487 (0-7862-3048-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Gathering Blue: ISBN 0618055819 (0-618-05581-9)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine - Gathering Blue: ISBN 0385732562 (0-385-73256-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
- Gathering Blue: ISBN 0440229499 (0-440-22949-9)
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0385732554 (0-385-73255-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. [via]
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- The Giver: ISBN 0440237688 (0-440-23768-8)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf - The Giver: ISBN 0553571338 (0-553-57133-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Giver: ISBN 0395645662 (0-395-64566-2)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine - The Giver: ISBN 0821924060 (0-8219-2406-0)
Hardcover, Emc Pub - The Giver: ISBN 0440219078 (0-440-21907-8)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440227275 (0-440-22727-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440228921 (0-440-22892-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440900794 (0-440-90079-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Giver: ISBN 0786200553 (0-7862-0055-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr - The Giver: ISBN 0606069909 (0-606-06990-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Giver: ISBN 0385732554 (0-385-73255-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
- The Giver: ISBN 0440237688 (0-440-23768-8)
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The Giver And Related Readingsby Not AvailableISBN 0395775299 (0-395-77529-9)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver And Related Readings'Book summary:From Wikipedia: The Giver is a dystopian children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of "Receiver of Memory," the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the experience to make. When Jonas meets the previous receiver-The "Giver"-he is confused in many ways. The Giver is also able to break some rules, such as turning off the speaker and lying to people of the community. As Jonas receives the memories from the Giver, he discovers the power of knowledge. The people in his community are happy because they don't know of a better life, but the knowledge of what they are missing out on could create major chaos. He faces a dilemma: Should he stay with the community, his family living a shallow life without love, color, choices, and knowledge, or should he run away to where he can live a full life? ~~~ Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersberg[1] on March 20, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s. Her work as a journalist drew the attention of Houghton Mifflin and they encouraged her to write her first children's book, A Summer to Die, which was published in 1977 (when Lowry was 40 years old). She has since written more than 30 books for children and published an autobiography. Two of her works have been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal: Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. ~~~ As an author, Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matters within her works for children. [via]
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Gossamerby Lois LowryISBN 0618685502 (0-618-68550-2)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine
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Messengerby Lois LowryISBN 0385732538 (0-385-73253-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Messenger'Book summary:Paperback Publisher: Laurel Leaf 2006-01-01 (2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0440239125 ISBN-13: 978-0440239123 ASIN: B0073N7Q9K Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces [via]
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Number the Starsby Lois LowryISBN 0440227534 (0-440-22753-4)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Number the Stars'Book summary:The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained and then sent to the death camps. Within hours the Danish resistance, population and police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 Jews to Sweden. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account to bring this courageous tale to life. She brings the experience to life through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen, whose family harbors her best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up and helps smuggles Ellen's family out of the country. Number the Stars won the 1990 Newbery Medal. [via]
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The Silent Boyby Lois LowryISBN 0440419808 (0-440-41980-8)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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