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Jared
Jared asked Lois Lowry:

Considering that Jonas has his friends and all, how would the society work with cliques and such? After all, if he has his group, wouldn't there naturally be other, more lonely people? Would that challenge the Sameness and order of society, or - craziest option - psychologically channeled into working groups, brainwashing people who wouldn't really be friends?

Lois Lowry No cliques. No competition for cooler clothes or better houses, etc. Poeple are warm and friendly to ecac other, even as they single out particular friends, as Jonas did.
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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?

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If you were teaching The Giver to middle school students today what major idea or understanding of the novel would you want them to walk away knowing?

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Jacqueline asked Lois Lowry:

I read all four of your books from The Giver series and loved them all. However it was difficult to see the connection between the books after having read the first two of the series. Why did you choose to wait until Book 3 (The Messenger) to tie the books together?

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