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And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular.

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
Journalist
Novelist
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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