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Susan Halley asked Lois Lowry:

One critic in Pittsburgh stated that THE GIVER is following THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT. Does it annoy you that this person doesn't seem to be aware that YOUR book came out in 1993, long before either of the others were published? As a fan of your work, it certainly annoys me! Thank you. Susan Halley

Lois Lowry It's too bad they have to be compared in that way. they are so different from each other.
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