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She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994.
Herbert Gold was born on March 9, 1924, in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, to a Russian Jewish family. [1] [2] [3] His parents were Samuel S. and Frieda (Frankel) Gold. His father ran a fruit store and later a grocery store. [4] Gold memorialized his hometown in his first book, Birth of a Hero (1951).
John Maxwell Edmonds (21 January 1875 – 18 March 1958) was an English classicist, poet and dramatist and the author of several celebrated martial epitaphs.
Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid" - Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade! " " Good! " said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of them all." So he made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege, Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege. " Nay! " said the cannoneer on the castle wall,
Nothing gold can ever stay gold forever. In The Outsiders (novel) by S.E. Hinton Johnny writes in a letter to Ponyboy that Frost meant that gold was like childhood. This is why his dying word to Pony are "Stay gold". Johnny means that he should keep the joy of childhood inside him and never let it go. The poem is simply based on nature.
An American woman will spend a year behind bars in Australia after she attempted to bring a gold-plated gun into the country. On Monday, Liliana Goodson, 30, pleaded guilty to charges of illegally ...
Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II.. The story revolves around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lives with her mother, father, and sister Kirsti in Copenhagen in 1943.
The new track, titled “The Giver,” continues to address some of Roan’s favorite themes: girls loving girls. She took to the stage with her all-female band wearing a denim and gingham print ...