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I believe without a single shadow of a doubt that it is necessary for young people to learn to make choices. Learning to make right choices is the only way they will survive in an increasingly frightening world.
Lois Lowry
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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
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Honolulu
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Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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