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I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.

Lois Lowry

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