Timothy Deer asked Lois Lowry:

The ending of The Giver was largely considered vague for many years. With the publication of sequels, we all now know definitively how it ends. Did you ever feel differently about the ending prior to the publication of the sequels?

Lois Lowry No, it was always an optimistic endng to me

Were you nervous to show others, like family members, your work when you first began writing?

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