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Soledad
Soledad asked Lois Lowry:

Are there any aspects of The Giver our society can benefit from?

Lois Lowry Sure! The world of THE GIVER has great healthcare, childcare, care of the elderly; no prejudice, no gender discrmination... many other attributes
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Sally
Sally asked Lois Lowry:

What do you imagine happened that made each community in the series turn out so differently from one another? Each community came from the same ruin, yet Kara's community has almost no technology while Jonas's community was advanced and thriving.

Jennifer Coon
Jennifer Coon asked Lois Lowry:

Dear Ms. Lowry: I've been reading your books for 20 years. I'd like to know what lead you to your decision to make your central characters children and how did you draw them so richly---as if they were adults with full experiences and histories? Thank you!

Dylan Sanders
Dylan Sanders asked Lois Lowry:

Why is it that classrooms and, I'm assuming, the film only focus on the first book of The Giver series? I read it 10 years ago and just recently found out that there were even three other books. What happened?

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