Lois Lowry

12 Series

Lois Lowry is an acclaimed American author known for her children's fantasy novels. She is best known for winning the Newbery Medal for both The Giver, part of the Giver Quartet, and Number the Stars. Her other notable series include the Anastasia Krupnik, J.P. Tate, and Gooney Bird collections, addressing themes such as racism, terminal illness, murder, and the Holocaust.

In a seemingly perfect world, Jonas is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory, tasked with holding the painful truths of the past. Guided by the current Receiver, known as the Giver, Jonas discovers the dark secrets behind his society's façade of sameness. As he learns about emotions, colors, and the concept of family, Jonas becomes determined to change his community's oppressive ways. Faced with a critical decision, Jonas and the Giver plan to overthrow the system, but their plan takes an unexpected turn. Jonas embarks on a dangerous journey to restore the lost values of love and choice to his people.

Anastasia Krupnik

(1978)

Anastasia Again!

(1981)

Anastasia at Your Service

(1982)

Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst / Off Her Rocker

(1984)

Anastasia on Her Own

(1985)

Anastasia Has the Answers

(1986)

Anastasia's Chosen Career

(1987)

Anastasia at This Address

(1991)

Anastasia, Absolutely

(1995)

J.P. TateBooks

The 100th Thing About Caroline

(1983)

Switcharound

(1985)

Your Move, J.P.!

(1990)

Sam Krupnik

All About Sam

(1988)

Attaboy, Sam!

(1992)

See You Around, Sam!

(1996)

Zooman Sam

(1999)

The Giver

(1993)

Gathering Blue

(2000)

Messenger

(2004)

Son

(2012)

Giver Graphic Novels

The Giver

(2019)(By: P. Craig Russell)

Gooney Bird Greene

(2002)

Gooney Bird and the Room Mother

(2005)

Gooney the Fabulous

(2007)

Gooney Bird Is So Absurd

(2009)

Gooney Bird on the Map

(2011)

Gooney Bird and All Her Charms

(2013)

Rania Matar

(2016)

Dear America

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

(1996)(By: Barry Denenberg)

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

(1996)(By: Kathryn Lasky)

Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart

(1996)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865

(1997)(By: Joyce Hansen)

A Picture Of Freedom

(1997)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941

(1998)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903

(1998)(By: Kathryn Lasky)

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi

(1998)(By: Jim Murphy)

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763

(1998)(By: Mary Pope Osborne)

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence

(1998)(By: Sherry Garland)

Stationery Pack

(1998)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912

(1998)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868

(1999)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

My Heart is on the Ground

(1999)(By: Ann Rinaldi)

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

(1999)(By: Ann Turner)

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin

(1999)(By: Karen Hesse)

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North

(2000)(By: Patricia McKissack)

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

(2000)(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941

(2000)(By: Mary Pope Osborne)

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938

(2000)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932

(2001)(By: Kathryn Lasky)

Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,

(2001)(By: Sherry Garland)

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849

(2001)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881

(2001)(By: Jim Murphy)

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer

(2002)(By: Beth Seidel Levine)

My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck

(2002)(By: Kathryn Lasky)

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917

(2002)(By: Kathryn Lasky)

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

(2002)(By: Ellen Emerson White)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932

(2002)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935

(2002)(By: Katelan Janke)

So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847

(2003)(By: Barry Denenberg)

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

(2003)(By: Ann Turner)

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota

(2003)(By: Marion Dane Bauer)

All the Stars in the Sky

(2003)(By: Megan McDonald)

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763

(2004)(By: Patricia McKissack)

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909

(2004)(By: Deborah Hopkinson)

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691

(2004)(By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941

(2010)(By: Kirby Larson)

Like the Willow Tree

(2011)

Cannons at Dawn

(2011)(By: Kristiana Gregory)

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954

(2011)(By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880

(2012)(By: Susan Patron)

Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose

(2013)(By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906

(2013)(By: Judy Blundell)

Standalone Novels

A Summer to Die

(1977)

Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye

(1978)

Autumn Street

(1980)

Taking Care of Terrific

(1983)

Us and Uncle Fraud

(1984)

Rabble Starkey

(1987)

Road Ahead

(1987)

Number the Stars

(1989)

New Windmills

(1989)

Handle with Care

(1993)

Stay!: Keeper's Story

(1997)

The Silent Boy

(2003)

Gossamer

(2006)

The Birthday Ball

(2010)

Bless This Mouse

(2011)

The Windeby Puzzle

(2023)

Tree. Table. Book.

(2024)

Picture

Crow Call

(2009)

Non-Fiction

Looking Back: A Book of Memories

(1998)

On the Horizon

(2020)

The Willoughbys

(2008)

The Willoughbys Return

(2020)

Anthologies

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence

(1994)

Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future

(1999)

Open Your Eyes

(2003)

Shining On

(2007)

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

(2011)

Totally Middle School

(2018)

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