Spotlight on Author Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry is best known for her two Newbery Medal winners, The Giver and Number the Stars. The Giver, a dark and thought provoking YA novel, is fourteenth on the American Library Association's 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 list. Number the Stars is a children's novel about the Holocaust. However, what many people don't know is that Lois Lowry is also the author of more than thirty other books for children and young teens, including several series. Her latest book is Gossamer. Have you and/or your children read any of Lois Lowry's books? How do you feel about them? Click on "comments" below and share your opinions.

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