After the Call: Heavy Medals

by Lois Lowry
May 17, 2022 | Filed in Articles & Opinion

(c) 2022 by Lois Lowry.

From the May/June 2022 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Newbery Centennial.

Lois Lowry

Two-time winner Lois Lowry won the Newbery Medal in 1990 for Number the Stars and in 1994 for The Giver. Her latest books are On the Horizon and The Willoughbys Return (all Clarion/HarperCollins).

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