Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to The Giver being set in the same future time period and universe, treating some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger, and Son in The Giver Quartet. The central character, …
As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population …
Den utvalde är en framtidsroman från 1993 av Lois Lowry. Romanen verkar till en början vara utopisk men visar sig vara dystopisk. Huvudpersonen, den tolvårige Jonas, lever i en värld utan fattigdom, utan krig och utan brottslighet. Den utvalde vann Newberymedaljen 1994 och har sålt mer än 10 miljoner exemplar. En …