LOWRY, Lois

The silent boy

Katy Thatcher is a young girl in a small Pennsylvania town in the early 1900s. In “The Silent Boy”, Katy recalls her special friendship with Jacob Stoltz, a boy from a neighboring farm who doesn’t attend...

Number the Stars

The title is taken from Psalm 147, which is quoted in the book: "God can count all the stars, and call them by his name," in a reference to the providence that God had with the Danish Jews during...

The Giver I

The 12-year-old Jonas lives in the safety of the community, where there is no war, no pain, no hunger… and no colours. On being selected as the Receiver of Memory, he gradually discovers the dark secrets...