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Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry has been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal twice in her career. Both Number the Stars and The Giver continue to be used in classrooms and read by children worldwide. Out of Lowry's dozens of published books, The Giver remains her most acclaimed and controversial. Through this in-depth portrait of Lowry, readers will recognize similarities between her personal experiences and the events and characters in her books. This connection offers personal insight on Lowry and how she came to be one of the most successful children's authors of her time.
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This series of biographies focuses on authors teens adore. Each book describes the author's childhood, educational background, and entre into writing for young people. The book about Peck begins by sharing his pivotal decision to quit teaching junior high school to pursue a writing career, and then it goes on to describe how his mother nurtured a love of literacy in him before he began school. Campbell also describes Pecks writing process and nuances that mark his writing style, all while enumerating his accomplishments as an author. The same topics are included in the biography about Lois Lowry. Lowry spent most of her early adult years as a wife and mother before beginning a successful freelance writing career.
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6-7 IL
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6-12+ GRL
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