Ginika

Ginika asked Lois Lowry:

Where you as attention hogging as Gooney Bird Greene when you were younger? What motivated you to write her stories?

Lois Lowry No, I was very very shy. I made her into the kind of child I wished I could have been.

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Heidi

Heidi asked Lois Lowry:

Lois, do you like any of the newer dystopian novels that have come out? (e.g.: The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner.)

Lisa

Lisa asked Lois Lowry:

Since several of your books have had both terrific success and critical acclaim, is it difficult to write a new one without comparing it (and its success) to your other books? Thank you.

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Did you write this, wanting it to be a children's book? Or did it just end up that way?

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