{"title":"Lois Lowry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLois Lowry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe–Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark TwainAward. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNumber the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-giver","title":"The Giver","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Giver by Lois Lowry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test—when he must try to save someone he loves—he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocative story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has become one of the most influential novels of our time. Don't miss the powerful companion novels in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGathering Blue, Messenger,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"All Reader 18+","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67885179797806,"sku":"BOK-2185-001","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/7808\/4654\/files\/The_Giver_by_Lois_Lowry.jpg?v=1793390486"},{"product_id":"building-903","title":"Building 903","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eBuilding 903 by Lois Lowry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn the tradition of her bestselling, award-winning phenomenon, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Lois Lowry delivers a story about censorship, comfort, complicity, and the radical power of books to open portals and unlock our humanity through our most powerful tool: the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwins Tessa and Theo live in a world ruled by a tyrannical leader, where there are no dangers or rebels... or so they've been told. In this world, citizens live long lives, and while many hate their leader, they are comfortable and safe. So, when Tessa's brother disappears, nobody wants to discuss it. But then Miriam, their 135-year-old neighbor bound for the retirement community, slips Tessa a key—not only to her brother's disappearance, but to the source of all real magic . . . books. As Tessa and her parents begin their search for Theo, Tessa learns that books not only tell us stories—they open portals and unlock our humanity through our most powerful tool: the imagination. Once that truth has been revealed, Tessa won't be able to rest until she has retrieved her twin and society itself has been transformed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo-time Newbery-winner Lois Lowry has crafted a narrative that feels at once prescient and eternal: in this world, the imagination \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe revolution. 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