Lois Lowry
41) The Giver
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
The Giver is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time.
Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations.
Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than forty...
Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations.
Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than forty...
42) El dador
Author
Publisher
Everest
Language
Español
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonás 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.
Diciembre es el mes en el que se celebra la Ceremonia anual, en la que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonás, un niño que cumple doce años, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial....
43) Attaboy, Sam!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Sam is able to help his sister Anastasia with the poem she is writing for their mother's birthday, but his own efforts to create a special perfume are disastrous.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
This omnibus ebook contains Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning The Giver plus the acclaimed three companion books in the series.
This first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume collection includes unabridged editions of the complete Giver Quartet series: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
Enter this dystopian, futuristic world through all four of these books on a page-turning dystopian journey.
The Giver
...47) Windeby puzzle
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English
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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...
49) Zooman Sam
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
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.
50) Your move, J.P.!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Lovestruck J.P. finds himself doing all sorts of weird things to impress his new interest but his life becomes very complicated when a simple lie gets out of control.
52) Switcharound
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Forced to spend a summer with their father and his "new" family,Caroline, age eleven, and J.P., age thirteen, are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they are determined to get revenge.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
When their mother starts to date the mystery man on the fifth floor who has been instructed by his agent to "eliminate the children" by the first of May, eleven-year-old Caroline and her older brother figure they're targeted to be the victims of a savage crime
54) Rabble Starkey
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Many things change for twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey, her mother, and her best friend, Veronica Bigelow when Veronica's motherbecomes mentally incapacitated and the Starkeys move in with theBigelows.
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Series
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife and, in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she wants most: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in the world.
In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...