Best Selling Books by Lois Lowry

Gooney Bird Greene likes to be right smack in the middle of everything. That''s why she wants to have the lead role of Squanto in her class Thanksgiving pageant. But that role will go to whoever finds someone to be the room mother. All the parents are so busy, no one can bring cupcakes to the play. Gooney Bird Greene to the rescue! She finds a room mother alright, but promises not to tell who it is until the day of the play. Now the kids are really busy getting ready for the show. But will the mystery room mother really show up?

Mysterious things begin to happen after Uncle Claude comes to stay with his sister''s family. Is Uncle Claude a thief, an imposter, or just a dream weaver?

Ready for romance, thirteen-year-old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend''s wedding.

Now a Netflix animated film starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais! Convinced they''d be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family. The Willoughbys is a turn to the hilarious from the award-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars that will have children and parents laughing.

Anastasia''s 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.

A powerful story set in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1943. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best-friend, Ellen – a Jew.

Forced to spend time with their father and his new family, 11-year-old Caroline and 13-year-old J.P. are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they are determined to get revenge.

Sam Krupnik sets out to concoct a special perfume as a surprise for his mother''s birthday, a fragrance that is to be made up of all her favorite smells.

Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron Age world through the suspenseful dual narrative of a boy and girl both battling to survive. In an utterly one-of-a-kind blend of fiction and history, a master storyteller explores the mystery and life of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body. Estrild is not like the other girls in her village; she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her train in spite of his twisted back, also stands apart. In a world where differences are poorly tolerated, just how much danger are they in? Inspired by the true discovery of the 2,000-year-old Windeby bog body in Northern Germany, Newbery Medalist and master storyteller Lois Lowry transports readers to an Iron age world as she breathes life back into the Windeby child, left in the bog to drown with a woolen blindfold over its eyes. This suspenseful exploration of lives that might have been by a gifted, intellectually curious author is utterly one of a kind. Includes several arresting photos of archeological finds, including of the Windeby child.

People are constantly asking two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this fascinating memoir, Lowry answers this question, through recollections of childhood friends and pictures and memories that explore her rich family history. She recounts the pivotal moments that inspired her writing, describing how they magically turned into fiction along the complicated passageway called life. Lowry fans, as well as anyone interested in understanding the process of writing fiction, will benefit from this poignant trip through the past and the present of a remarkable writer.

Imaginez que le livre que vous tenez entre les mains soit l’un de ces vieux romans avec une reliure en cuir marron tout usé. Il raconterait le genre d’histoires qu’on lisait autrefois, pleines de larmes et de bons sentiments. On y croiserait des orphelins forcément valeureux, un bébé abandonné sur les marches d’un perron, un millionnaire vivant dans un taudis ou encore une nourrice au cœur sec... Vous allez rencontrer tous ces personnages dans ce roman. Mais vous découvrirez vite que les enfants Willoughby ne sont pas vraiment orphelins, même s’ils rêvent de se débarrasser de leurs parents. Vous apprendrez que le millionnaire solitaire est aussi un confiseur au grand cœur et la nounou une spécialiste des cookies et de la sculpture antique, ce qui les rend bien plus sympathiques. Il vous reste maintenant à deviner si, comme toutes les histoires d’autrefois, celle-ci se terminera bien... Lois Lowry a toujours apprécié son statut d’enfant « du milieu » qui lui a permis de vivre sa vie dans son coin, de grandir tranquille, au milieu des livres. Elle a voulu rendre hommage à ses livres de jeunesse, compagnons d’autrefois, en écrivant Les Willoughby, à la manière de ses histoires à l’ancienne qui, avoue-t-elle, n’intéressent plus les enfants d’aujourd’hui. À moins d’être revisitées par Lois Lowry...

The fourth hilarious title in Lowis Lowry''s popular Gooney Bird series! It’s a cold January at the Watertower Elementary School—the perfect weather for Gooney Bird Greene to break out her special brain-warming hat! It''s a good thing she has one. Gooney Bird''s brain will need to be as warm as possible this month, because Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. Who knew there could be so many different ways to write a poem? Haikus, couplets, limericks—Mrs. Pidgeon’s students soon find that writing good poetry takes a lot of hard work and creative thinking. Gooney Bird and her classmates are up to the challenge. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

In her latest adventure, thirteen-year-old Anastasia Krupnik tries to answer some of life''s big question. Why is it that everyone else seems able to climb the ropes in gym class? And why are her parents'' friends--the Bellinghams--getting a divorce? Includes a 36-copy dump. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Who knew that bringing toy fangs home from nursery school would cause so many problems?

Twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey''s mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow to look after her children while she''s in the hospital. Living in that huge house, Rabble feels she''s finally found a home. But soon she and her mother must question what''s really best for them. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Irrepressible Anastasia is in junior high now and participating in the "Values" curriculum through which students learn to make moral decisions. Early one morning she hits the Cambridge streets with her pooper-scooper to walk her new dog. In her half-awake groggy state Anastasia mixes up the two plastic bags she''s carrying: one containing letters to be deposited in the mailbox for her mother and the other with her responsible morning gatherings. She''s too embarrassed to call the post office to confess and she begins to feel more and more guilty and scared as she notices some intense local police activity in the vicinity of the mailbox. What will Anastasia do?

Gooney Bird''s Great Uncle Walter lends her second grade class a skeleton while they study human anatomy, and at the end of the month the students use Gooney Bird''s charm bracelet to present all they have learned.

Taking her overprotected young charge to the public park to broaden his horizons, fourteen-year-old baby sitter Enid enjoys unexpected friendships with a black saxophonist and a bag lady until she is charged with kidnapping.

Dans le monde où vit Jonas, les inégalités n''existent pas. L''harmonie règne dans les cellules familiales constituées avec soin par le comité des sages. Dans la communauté, une seule personne détient le savoir. Lui seul sait comment était le monde, des générations plus tôt, quand il y avait encore des animaux et des gens amoureux.

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other. He then learns the terrible truth about the Community.

Elizabeth is forced to grow up when her father goes to fight in WWII, her family moves in with her grandfather, and a special friend is struck by tragedy. "A reading experience that touches the heart." --School Library Journal

Public Marriage, Private Secrets

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death and destruction.