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Author Study: Lois Lowry AUTHOR STUDY: LOIS LOWRY Presented by: Image source: http://www.loislowry.com/ Eileen Seligman Biography Born: Lois Ann Hammersberg Date: March 20, 1937 Place: Honolulu, Hawaii Siblings: Helen & Jon (Lois is the middle child) • Solitary, shy child who loved reading & books • Father was career military officer Lowry at age 3. Her sister (Army dentist) taught her to read. • Grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania Image source: http://www.loislowry.com/ • Moved to Tokyo, Japan for grades 7 & 8 • Graduated from high school in New York City • Went to Brown University in Lowry at age 19 – wedding Rhode Island, but dropped out Image source: sophomore year to marry at age 19 http://www.loislowry.com/ to a military officer Carlisle, PA 1947 - Lowry in sixth grade Image source: http://www.loislowry.com/ Career before being an author: journalist & photographer Biography First novel: A Summer to Die (1977 at age 40!) First Newbery Award: Number the Stars (1990) Second Newbery Award: The Giver (1994) • Had 4 children (2 daughters: Alix & Kristin; 2 sons: Grey & Ben) • Lived in 5 states (CA, CT, FL, SC, MA) before settling down in Maine with kids • In Maine, finished college and got graduate degree from University of Southern Maine • Got divorced in 1977 at age 40 when she wrote her first novel based on the early death of her sister • Written over 42 books! • Did not remarry, but Lowry spent 30 years with Martin (died in 2011) • Loves poetry, New York Times crossword puzzles, and traveling • Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her terrier dog, Alfie, and her cat, Lulu • Also, Lowry has a 1768 farmhouse in Maine where she spends time with her grandchildren Awards (not a full list) • Newbery Medal (1990 and 1994) • Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Contribution to Young Adult Literature, 2007 • Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee (United States: 2000, 2004) • Regina Medal (1994) • National Jewish Book Award (1990) • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (1987 and 1993) • Sydney Taylor Book Award • Hope S. Dean Award • New England Book Award • Chicago Tribune Young Adult Fiction Prize • Golden Kite Award • International Reading Association Children’s Book Award • International Board on Books for Young People Honor List • Kerlan Award • The Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education The Outstanding Children's Books of the Year • Parents' Choice Gold • Little D Award • 2011 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture • Lamstein Lecture at the University of Michigan • 2001 Zena Sutherland Lecture • Anne Carroll Moore Lecture • Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture With Martin in Iceland Image source: http://www.loislowry.com/ Photo credit: Matt McKee Image source: http://www.teach ingbooks.net/ Significant Works (In Chronological Order) Lowry, Lois. A Summer to Die. Boston: Houghton, 1977. Print. Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik. Boston: Houghton, 1979. Print. 1ST BOOK Lowry, Lois. Autumn Street. Boston: Houghton, 1980. AT 40! 1979; Anastasia Print. Grades 7-10 Series; Grades 4-6 1980; Grades 5-7 Lowry, Lois. The One Hundredth Thing about Caroline. Boston: Houghton, 1983. Print. Lowry, Lois. All about Sam. Boston: Houghton, 1988. Print. Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton, 1988; Sam Series; 1989. Print. 1980; Tate Series; 1989; Grades 5-7 Grades 3-6 Grades 4-6 Lowry, Lois. The Giver. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 1993. Print. Lowry, Lois. Looking Back: A Book of Memories. Boston: Houghton, 1998. Print. #1 Image sources: Titlewave, Goodreads, Lois Lowry website 1993; Quartet; Grades 5-10 1998; Memoir; Grades 4-8 Significant Works (In Chronological Order) #2 Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000. Print. Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. Boston: Houghton, 2002. Print. 2002; Series; 2000; Quartet; Grades 6-9 Grades 2-5 2003; Grades 5-8 Lowry, Lois. The Silent Boy. Boston: Houghton, 2003. Print. Lowry, Lois. Messenger. New York: Bantam, 2004. Print. 2009; Grades 2-6 Lowry, Lois. Gossamer. Boston: Houghton, 2006. Print. #3 2006; Grades 5-8 Lowry, Lois. Crow Call. New York: Scholastic, 2009. Print. 2004; Quartet; Grades 6-10 #4 Lowry, Lois. Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce. New York: Scholastic, 2011. Print. Lowry, Lois. Son. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print. 2012; Quartet; Grades 6-10 2011; Grades 4-8 3 Image sources: Titlewave, Goodreads, Lois Lowry website Series & Genres Series: Anastasia Krupnik Genre: Realistic Fiction; Grades 4-6 ALA Notable Children's Books 1995 Series: Tate Series Genre: Realistic Fiction; Grades 3-6 Series: Sam Krupnik Genre: Realistic Fiction; Grades 4-6 Series: Gooney Bird Genre: Humor; Realistic Fiction; Grades 2-5 ALA Notable Children's Books 2003 Series: Giver Quartet Genre: Science Fiction (Dystopia); Grades 5-10 1994 Newbery Medal winner for The Giver **For more books by Lois Lowry, please see https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/2493.Lois_Lo wry Image sources: Titlewave, Goodreads, Amazon, Lois Lowry website Major Themes, Topics, & Genres • Coming of Age • Nature & the Natural World • Murder • Memory • Healing • Holocaust • Ethics • Human Impact • World War II • Pain vs. Pleasure • Generosity vs. Indulgence • Authority • Individual vs. Community • Mothers and Children (Parenting) • Safety & Comfort • Customs & Traditions • Separation • Special Needs/Disabilities • Relationships • Realistic Fiction • Humor • Orphans • Racism • Fantasy • Historical Fiction • Community Life • Terminal Illness • Science Fiction (Dystopia) • Uncompromising choices • Autobiography **Books vary by content and style, but all Lowry’s books have a general theme of human connections.** Influences on writing • Her sister’s death for A Summer to Die. • The death of her son, Grey, in 1995 led her to write Looking Back: A Book of Memories for her granddaughter, Nadine. • Her childhood with a military father for Crow Call and For Number of the Stars, Lowry Anastasia Krupnik Series. took the picture of the Swedish child on the cover when she was a • Her mother, especially after a stroke when talking about photographer. Lowry even utilized dreams for Gossamer. photos as part of the plot to fool the soldiers (TeachingBooks.net, • She likes to create worlds like in The Giver Quartet. 2006). • She likes to play with words and reads poetry to get excited For The Giver, Lowry took a about language. (The Giver is an example of the precise use picture of Carl Nelson for an of language.) article about a painter in Maine. He later became blind, which • She does not have an outline or plan. She starts with a made his photo even more fitting to be featured for the cover character in mind, and she likes to be surprised with the (TeachingBooks.net, 2006). reader. • She has a constant revision process, and she reads aloud to hear how the words sound when she is done writing. Image sources: Goodreads Influences on writing “There’s a constant Ideas come from your imagination. revision going on What triggers your imagination? Things as I write.” that you read, see, overhear, dream, or --Lowry, 2006 wonder about. Anything that makes you think: "What if…? " is the start of a story. --Lowry, 2012 “Let’s open the coffin,” Number of Stars “It's the --Lowry came back the next choosing that's day excited to write for her important, isn't characters what happens it?” --Lowry, The when they open the coffin. Giver (TeachingBooks.net, 2006). Video & Audio Lois Lowry on her writing process and The Giver Audio from Lois Lowry about poetry and the Please click writing process pictures to access Why Teach or Use Her Books • Teens can be empowered by the future with Lowry’s belief of young people. • Lowry makes readers wonder about how to make decisions and weigh options. • Teens can learn from strong, likeable characters from her books to rise to challenges and obstacles in their lives. • Her novels ask teens to look at our history, like in Number the Stars, and the future, like in The Giver Quartet, to question, to stand up for what is right, and to make world- changing decisions. • Teens can explore different worlds in the safety of their home by reading Lowry’s books. • Original writing with authentic dialogue will resonate with teens for memorable characters. The third person point of view is told from the perspectives of the main characters. • Controversial themes and topics like racism, discrimination, poverty, violence, sexual content, murder, euthanasia are discussed in her books in order for teens to tackle difficult issues in their own lives. Check out more resources for teaching: http://www.teachingbooks.net/ql8aq3h Cautions & Reservations American Library Association’s cites Lowry in 2002, 2005, and 2007 for one of the “Most Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century.” American Library Association lists the trilogy of The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger among the most frequently challenged books of the 1990’s. Some objections based on The Giver Quartet: • violent themes • sexual content • depiction of infanticide and euthanasia • suicide encouragement • occult theme • mind control • degradation of motherhood Image source: Goodreads Book Share #1: The Giver ISBN-13: 978-0-440-23768-6 *Made into a movie: August 15, 2014: Number of Pages: 179 Cast: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Katie Holmes Source: Potomac Library Directed by: Phillip Noyce Check out the movie trailer at: Recommended grade/age levels: Grades 5-9 (from Destiny); Ages 10+ https://youtu.be/fH6B4S9ENY4 Awards: Newbery Medal, 1994; Booklist starred, 04/15/93; Horn Book Magazine starred, 09/01/93; Black-Eyed Susan Award winner 1994-1995; Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, 1993 Description: This book begins the Giver Quartet series. There is a community where everything is perfect and all the citizens are assigned a role in it. There are no choices. Everyone must conform or be “released” from the society. Elders and babies that are not strong enough are “released.” There are also no feelings or color in this world, including love, hate, and pain.
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