A Summer to Die

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A Summer to Die

novel by Lowry

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Lois Lowry
First books and the Anastasia series
Her first juvenile novel, A Summer to Die (1977), loosely mirrors the author’s experience of losing her sister, as it tells the story of a teenage girl dealing with her sibling’s leukemia. It was a success, winning the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Lowry continued to weave bits…
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Her first juvenile novel, A Summer to Die (1977), loosely mirrors the author’s experience of losing her sister, as it tells the story of a teenage girl dealing with her sibling’s leukemia. It was a success, winning the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Lowry continued to weave bits…
Read More