Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith asked Lois Lowry:

What made you choose the snow and sled scene, instead of one of the other happy memories, as the open-ended ending for The Giver?

Lois Lowry It repeats the earlier sled-and-snow scene and so it circles back

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Victoria Leazenby

Victoria Leazenby asked Lois Lowry:

All of Lois' books I have read are wonderful. How did you feel when you found out that you were the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award?

Beth

Beth asked Lois Lowry:

When my students read The Giver as a class novel, then go on to read Gathering Blue, they always want to know the real connection. It is hard for them to figure it out. Then, again, between Gathering Blue and The Messenger. What would you say to them?

Mack Wing

Mack Wing asked Lois Lowry:

My friend first started reading The Giver and immediately goes "This is just like Divergent!" (I told her "No, Divergent is just like The Giver!") Have you ever read any books similar to yours and wished you added anything into the dystopian society you created?

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