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I think that is not true, Uncle Henrik said. I think you are like your mama,and like your papa, and like me. Frightened, but determined, and if the time came to be brave, I quite sure you would be very, very brave.But, he added, it is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. And so your mama does not know everything.Neither do I. We only know what we need to know.Do you understand what I am saying? he asked, looking into her eyes.

Lois Lowry

I think that is not true, Uncle Henrik said. I think you are like your mama,and like your papa, and like me. Frightened, but determined, and if the time came to be brave, I quite sure you would be very, very brave.But, he added, it is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. And so your mama does not know everything.Neither do I. We only know what we need to know.Do you understand what I am saying? he asked, looking into her eyes.

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About Lois Lowry

Lois Ann Lowry (; née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937) is an American writer. 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. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.
Many of her books have been challenged or even banned in some schools and libraries. The Giver, which is common in the curricula in some schools, has been prohibited in others.