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LOIS LOWRY



Lois Lowry was born March 20, 1937 in Hawaii to Robert and Katharine Hammersberg. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She attended Brown University, but left after her sophomore year to get married and raise a family of four children. They settled in Maine, where she returned to college and received her degree from the University of Southern Maine. Lois Lowry fulfilled a childhood dream when she began writing in the mid-1970's. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her 19th century farmhouse in New Hampshire.

Lois Lowry, author of over 20 novels and winner of the Newbery Medal twice, is a woman to be taken seriously. This native of Hawaii has become a favorite of both children and young adults. She has tackled a number of topics in her literature including adoption, mental illness, cancer, the Holocaust and futuristic societies. Whatever the theme, Lowry portrays realistic life experiences to her audience. In her books, Lois Lowry throws her characters and readers into many thought-provoking situations. The contemporary young adult reader is compelled to confront society with all of its imperfections. Lois Lowry told Contemporary Authors that she measures her success as an author by her ability to "help adolescents answer their own questions about life, identity and human relationships."

Why do we need to make choices? Wouldn't it be better if someone else choose for you? We need to make choices because. We need to figure out what right things are and what wrong things are. So if its wrong we can learn how to fix it by ourself and nobody eles. It wouldn't be better if someone else choose for you beacuse. Peolpe might choose thing that you wouldn't choose yourself. Its also means take someone is controling your life. You're not a free person if someone is telling wat to do, say or think. You should be the one that should do that. You and you only, no one else.

WHAT IS SOCIETY Dictionary Definition: a body of individuals living as members of a community; community.

Your definition IN YOUR WORD: people living in a community

CREATE A SOCIETY OF YOURS. WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE? my socirety were theres no fight no drug or any of that bad stuff.where every ones cool with everyone. they anit got no problems with people.theres good schools so that the can undersatnd what going on.nice hospitles so peopel can be taken care of.were no one has to worry about any thing. everything is nice and peace for everyone.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST YOUR SOCIETY TO TODAY's

The anle thing i can cmpar e are the schools and the hospitles and thats it. but there are a lot of things to contrast. like todays society is a train rack. everything out of contral.kids dropen out of school.adults cant pay there taxes or bills. every things goann wrong.my society dosent have any of that.my society is were kids have the best eduction. where everyone is taken care of and every thing is perfect and there are no worries for anyone

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