Most Popular Books by Lois Lowry

Gooney Bird Greene returns for another rollicking classroom adventure in this fifth installment of two-time Newbery Award Winner Lois Lowry''s Gooney Bird series.

Join Gooney Bird as she greets every new challenge with excitement, aplomb, and a plethora of vocabulary words in this delightfully funny three-book collection. In one handsome collection, enjoy the first three books in this popular series: Gooney Bird Greene, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, and Gooney the Fabulous Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories. There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka-dot T-shirt and tutu on another. From the moment Gooney Bird Greene arrives at Watertower Elementary School, her fellow second graders are intrigued by her unique sense of style and her unusual lunches. Through Gooney Bird and her tales, the acclaimed author Lois Lowry introduces young readers to the elements of storytelling. This fun series encourages the storyteller in everyone.

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?

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.

Anastasia''s seventh-grade science project becomes almost more than she can handle, but brother Sam, age three, and a bust of Freud nobly aid her.

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?

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. Includes author''s note about the Shakers.

THE GIVER is soon to be a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. Now available for the first time in the UK, THE GIVER QUARTET is the complete four-novel collection.

The Giver (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Lois Lowry Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here''s the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying and paper writing. Includes: • 16 pages devoted to writing a literary essay including: a glossary of literary terms • Step-by-step tutoring on how to write a literary essay • A feature on how not to plagiarize

In the tradition of her bestselling, award-winning phenomenon, The Giver, Lois Lowry delivers a story about censorship, comfort, complicity, and the radical power of books to open portals and unlock our humanity through our most powerful tool: the imagination. Twins Tessa and Theo live in a world ruled by the tyrannical Koziris, where there are no dangers or rebels... or so they''ve been told. In this world, citizens live long lives, and while many hate Koziris, they are comfortable and safe. So, when Tessa''s brother disappears, nobody wants to discuss it. But then Miriam, their 135-year-old neighbor bound for the retirement community, slips Tessa a key—not only to her brother''s disappearance, but to the source of all real magic . . . books. As Tessa and her parents begin their search for Theo, Tessa learns that books not only tell us stories—they open portals and unlock our humanity through our most powerful tool: the imagination. Once that truth has been revealed, Tessa won''t be able to rest until she has retrieved her twin and society itself has been transformed. Two-time Newbery-winner Lois Lowry has crafted a narrative that feels at once prescient and eternal: in this world, the imagination is the revolution. Not only does Building 903 sit in the same resonant space as The Giver Quartet, but it is also a profound addition to Lois''s enduring body of work—and a testament to the strength and value of her voice, vision, and legacy.

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.

Four-year-old Sam''s appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school''s Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.

The adventures of Sam, Anastasia Krupnik''s younger brother, from his first day as a newborn through his mischievous times as a toddler.

Anastasia decides to become a journalist because she knows all the answers, but does she?

The tragedy of war deeply affects children. As with adults, it inspires courage in many youngsters. This moving novel depicts a ten-year-old Danish girl who confronts all kinds of adversity when her best friend is threatened by the Nazis. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

- Es-tu courageuse, petite Annemarie ? demande Oncle Henrik à sa nièce de dix ans. La scène se passe en 1943, et pour Annemarie Johansen, la vie à Copenhague est un mélange compliqué de vie familiale, d''école, de rationnement alimentaire et d''occupation allemande. Le courage semble une vertu lointaine - réservée aux chevaliers tueurs de dragons, héros des légendes qu''elle conte, le soir, à sa petite sueur Kirsti. Au moment où les nazis commencent à organiser la déportation des juifs du Danemark, les Johansen recueillent la meilleure amie d''Annemarie, Ellen Rosen, désormais présentée comme faisant partie de la famille. Ellen et Annemarie doivent réfléchir très vite lorsque les soldats perquisitionnent en pleine nuit et demandent pourquoi Ellen n''est pas blonde comme ses sœurs. À travers les yeux d''Annemarie, nous voyons comment la résistance danoise réussit à faire traverser le bras de mer les séparant de la Suède à la quasi-totalité de la communauté juive, qui compte alors près de sept mille personnes. Dans ce récit qui montre le courage d''une nation, Lois Lowry nous rappelle que la dignité humaine est une valeur qu''on peut sauvegarder même dans un monde défiguré par la peur et par la guerre.

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Parable, Ann Starkey''s grandmother, gave Rabble a biblical name to ward off the trouble in her life. But even that doesn''t seem to have helped. Rabble and her mother are about to lose the only home they have ever known, and there''s nothing they can do about it.