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Matt
Matt asked Lois Lowry:

What is your religious background, and how has it influenced your books?

Lois Lowry I was brought up as a Protestant but have come to have an appreciation for many different faiths.
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Sue
Sue asked Lois Lowry:

This question contains spoilers… (view spoiler)[ In Messenger, why was Leader sent the books from his past village? I know he says it is because it is a sign that he is forgiven, but why wouldn't they keep them for their own knowledge as things had changed there? (hide spoiler)]

Kohner
Kohner asked Lois Lowry:

What did Gabriel symbolize? What did he mean to you and how do you think your readers could interpret him?

Wendy Schapiro
Wendy Schapiro asked Lois Lowry:

Hi Lois! We read The Giver with our 6th grade students towards the end of the school year. We've always left the ending of the book open to their interpretation, because you used to approach it in the same fashion. Now that you've come out and said how you intended it to be interpreted, do you think we should still go with an open ending?

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