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Lois Lowry

Why Do We Like Dystopian Novels?

Dave Astor | Posted 12.19.2012 | Books
Read More: Suzanne Collins, William Golding, Lois Lowry, Sinclair Lewis, Anthony Burgess, George Orwell, Dystopian Novels, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley, h.g. Wells, Cormac McCarthy, The Hunger Games, Mary Shelley, Jack London, Books News
Dave Astor

War. Death. Despair. Oppression. Environmental ruin. Yup, when it comes to demoralizing literature, dystopian novels have it all! Yet many of us love this genre, and there are good reasons we do.

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Lucas Kavner

Lois Lowry Reflects On 'The Giver' 20 Years Later

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.05.2012 | Books
Read More: JK Rowling, Lois Lowry, Number the Stars, Book Series, Dystopian Novels, HUnger Games, The Giver Series, Young Adult Novels, The Giver, Lois Lowry Son, Childrens Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Video, Books News

Usually when schools ban your book, it only serves to further solidify the work's cultural significance. In the 1990s, the Harry Potter series topped ...

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Lights, Camera, Educate!

Zachary K. Pearce | Posted 08.29.2012 | Home
Read More: Melba Moore, Colin Powell, John Travolta, Tom Ridge, Crosby Stills & Nash, Sam Donaldson, Rick Santorum, Ted Koppel, Willard-Daggett, Brit Hume, Diane Sawyer, Alma-Powell, Veterans, International Center for Leaderhip in Education, Cookie Roberts, Laura Bush, Lois Lowry, Shimon Peres, Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Walter Cronkite, Al Gore, Claire Shipman, Bill Ritter, Ben Gillman, Graham Nash, Helen Thomas, Delaware Schools, Home News
Zachary K. Pearce

When the lights and camera are cued, not only is a news show taking place, but an outstanding education is in the making.

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Jeff Bridges To Adapt, Star In Beloved Childhood Classic

Posted 08.28.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jeff Bridges Album, Jeff Bridges Tron Legacy, Jeff Bridges RIPD, Lois Lowry, Jeff Bridges, The Giver, Jeff Bridges the Giver Lois Lowry, Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges True Grit, Jeff Bridges the Giver, Lois Lowry the Giver, Entertainment News

Experiencing a renaissance in a career that never really faded, Jeff Bridges is flexing his producing muscles to bring to the big screen a classic you...

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Reading In Private, Or A Social Pursuit?

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 12.08.2011 | Books
Read More: Goodreads, Oprah Book Club, Virginia Woolf, Books, Librarything, Newbery Award, Lois Lowry, Shelfari, Rebecca Stead, Twilight, When You Reach Me, Harry Potter, Reading, Reading in Private, Books News

Reading might well have been among the last remaining private activities, but it is now a relentlessly social pursuit. Gaggles of readers get together...

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