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Birthday ball Birthday ball Lois Lowry,Jules Feiffer,Elissa Steele Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she escapes … OL14919346W
Dear author Dear author Lois Lowry A collection of letters from students to an assortment of authors both past and present about the impact of their work on the lives of their readers. OL15857562W
Son Son Lois Lowry Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit. OL16636993W
Anastasia at Your Service Anastasia at Your Service Lois Lowry Twelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when, expecting to get a job as a lady's companion, she is hired instead to be a maid. OL1846046W
Anastasia Again Anastasia Again Lois Lowry Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs. OL1846049W
Anastasia On Her Own Anastasia On Her Own Lois Lowry,Diane de Groat Her family's new organized schedule for easy housekeeping makes thirteen-year-old Anastasia confident that she can run the household while her mother is out of town, until she hits unexpected complic… OL1846053W
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst Lois Lowry Anastasia's seventh-grade science project becomes almost more than she can handle, but her brother Sam, age three, and a bust of Freud, aid her nobly. OL1846064W
Number the Stars Number the Stars Lois Lowry Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the… OL1846074W
The Giver The Giver Lois Lowry At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain … OL1846076W
Gooney Bird is so absurd Gooney Bird is so absurd Lois Lowry,Middy Thomas Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene. OL1846085W
Gooney the Fabulous Gooney the Fabulous Lois Lowry This is the continuation of the fantastically, absolutely true stories of the interesting and mysterious Gooney Bird Green. Gooney is a second grade student who inspires her teacher and class and is … OL1846086W
See You Around, Sam! See You Around, Sam! Lois Lowry,Diane de Groat Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won't let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away to Alaska. OL1846124W
Gossamer Gossamer Anne Twomey,Lois Lowry While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. OL1846133W
Autumn Street Autumn Street Lois Lowry When her father goes to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes with her mother and sister to her grandfather's house where she learns to face up to the always puzzling and often cruel realities of the… OL1846136W
Messenger (The Giver #3) Messenger (The Giver #3) Lois Lowry,David Morse,Fikret Topalli Second installment to Youth classic, "The Giver." Required in numerous 8th/9th grade English classrooms. Introducing the idea of a utopian society to youth for the 1st time. The well known Trilogy a… OL1846138W
Switcharound Switcharound Lois Lowry Forced to spend a summer with their father and his "new" family, Caroline, age eleven, and J.P., age thirteen, are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they are determined to get revenge. OL1846140W
Woods at the End of Autumn Street Woods at the End of Autumn Street Lois Lowry Elizabeth is forced to grow up when her father goes to fight in World War II. Her family moves in with her grandfather, and a special friend is struck by tragedy. OL1846141W
All about Sam All about Sam Lois Lowry,Diane Degroat The adventures of Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, from his first day as a newborn through his mischievous times as a toddler. OL1846143W
Rabble Starkey Rabble Starkey Lois Lowry When Rabble Starkey's grandmother saw her for the first time, she said: "Look at them sea-green eyes. Look at that ginger-colored hair. Lord, Lord, trouble lies ahead for that child." So she and Rabb… OL1846152W
Find a stranger, say goodbye Find a stranger, say goodbye Lois Lowry Seemingly a girl who has everything, Natalie, at seventeen, goes in pursuit of her real mother. OL1846154W
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