Newbery Acceptance Speech
http://www.loislowry.com/pdf/Newbery_Award.pdf
Lois Lowry's 1994 acceptance speech for The Giver.
Lois Lowry Interview Transcript
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1326_type=Contributor_typeId=3326
An interview with the author.
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry's professional website, including a brief autobiography, speeches, an annotated list of her works, and a link to her personal blog.
The Giver
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/
The IMDb.com site for the film version of the novel, which has been delayed in production but (as of early 2010) was scheduled to appear sometime after 2011.
Utopian Literature
http://www.lukemastin.com/utopia/alpha.html
A list of several dozen utopian and dystopian works, including Hess's The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) and other popular dystopias such as Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World. The menu on the left organizes them by year.
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.loislowry.com/faq.html
Lowry answers common questions that she receives from children and adults. Of particular note is her defense of freedom of speech in the schools:
A parent from my school wants to ban THE GIVER. What do you think about that?
I think banning books is a very, very dangerous thing. It takes away an important freedom. Any time there is an attempt to ban a book, you should fight it as hard as you can. It's okay for a parent to say, "I don't want my child to read this book." But it is not okay for anyone to try to make that decision for other people. The world portrayed in THE GIVER is a world where choice has been taken away. It is a frightening world. Let's work hard to keep it from truly happening.
