Lois Lowry

Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to The Giver being set in the same future time period and universe, treating some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger, and Son in The Giver Quartet. The central character, …

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population …

Le monde dans lequel vit Jonas est bien éloigné du nôtre : une société où la notion d'individu n'existe pas. Plus surprenant encore : ses membres ne ressentent rien. Ni amour ni haine viennent bousculer leur quotidien. Les gens ne meurent pas non plus. Ils sont "élargis". Tout comme le héros de cette histoire – un …