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A two-time recipient of the Newbery Medal presents a sensitive, moving story of a wide-eyed young girl growing up at the beginning of the 20th century and the influence of the farm community around her. Through Katy Thatcher's eyes, readers can experience for themselves the haunting impact of her friendship with the silent boy.
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"Emotionally devastating and infinitely haunting."
"Lowry excels in developing strong and unique characters."
"Well-crafted and narrated by a perceptive, large-hearted child."
"Not since Autumn Street has Lowry written a novel that injects childhood experience so deeply with adult tone."
"Lowry's latest achievement delivers complexity disguised as simplicity--providing depth through her child-narrator's eyes."
" Emotionally devastating and infinitely haunting."
" Lowry excels in developing strong and unique characters."
" Not since Autumn Street has Lowry written a novel that injects childhood experience so deeply with adult tone."
" The author balances humor and generosity with the obstacles and injustice of Katy' s world to depict a complete picture of the turn of the century."
" Well-crafted and narrated by a perceptive, large-hearted child."
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"Lowry excels in developing strong and unique characters."
"Well-crafted and narrated by a perceptive, large-hearted child."
"Not since Autumn Street has Lowry written a novel that injects childhood experience so deeply with adult tone."
"Lowry's latest achievement delivers complexity disguised as simplicity--providing depth through her child-narrator's eyes."
" Emotionally devastating and infinitely haunting."
" Lowry excels in developing strong and unique characters."
" Not since Autumn Street has Lowry written a novel that injects childhood experience so deeply with adult tone."
" The author balances humor and generosity with the obstacles and injustice of Katy' s world to depict a complete picture of the turn of the century."
" Well-crafted and narrated by a perceptive, large-hearted child."
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com
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- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0618282319
- ISBN 13 9780618282319
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