Max

Max asked Lois Lowry:

Did you always want to write a sequel to The Giver, or did you originally intend to have The Giver as a stand-alone book?

Lois Lowry I didn't contemplate sequels...I prefer calling them companion books...until much later.

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Erica

Erica asked Lois Lowry:

In the book The Giver, Jonas was twelve years old but in the movie, the actor that portrays him is much older. I haven't watched the movie but in your opinion, does that change the story in any way?

Lee

Lee asked Lois Lowry:

That's no possible that the whole community are colourless, right? I mean the melanin, haemoglobin and carotene, which determine the skin colour--rosy cheeks, pale appearence, yellowish tone on the skin..they can't just make these pigments disappear without affecting body functions, right? HOW does colour absent from their lives?

Louise Bruzon

Louise Bruzon asked Lois Lowry:

Your book The Giver takes place in a dystopian world, what advice would you give to first time authors who are trying to create a dystopian-based novel?

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