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Abi
Abi asked Lois Lowry:

In past interviews you have said that you were not interested in making The Giver into a movie. What caused you to change your mind?

Lois Lowry Jeff Bridges. He was so passionate about the book and being true to the ideas he found in it.
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  • 11 years ago

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Chloe Dunkley
Chloe Dunkley asked Lois Lowry:

What do you think about The Giver having such a huge audience and range of people reading it? I'm 18 and I gave the book to my 83 year old Granny and she really enjoyed it. I love that it is so accessible and interesting to a huge range of people but I just wondered what you thought of that?

Ranna B
Ranna B asked Lois Lowry:

Do you think that America is headed toward a world like in The Giver?

Emily
Emily asked Lois Lowry:

Dear Ms. Lowry, At the end of The Giver, when Jonas has crested the hill, you write that the memory of it "was different... It was a memory of his own." What makes this memory different from all those that are fading away, and from where does Jonas get the "special knowledge" that there is a sled at the top of the hill? Sincerely, Emily

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