Lois Lowry Quote
Kirsti sighed as Annemarie went to the breadbox in the kitchen. I wish I could have a cupcake, she said. A big yellow cupcake, with pink frosting. Her mother laughed. For a little girl, you have a long memory, she told Kirsti. There hasn’t been any butter, or sugar for cupcakes, for a long time. A year, at least. When will there be cupcakes again? When the war ends, Mrs. Johansen said. She glanced through the window, down to the street corner where the soldiers stood, their faces impassive beneath the metal helmets. When the soldiers leave.
Lois Lowry
Kirsti sighed as Annemarie went to the breadbox in the kitchen. I wish I could have a cupcake, she said. A big yellow cupcake, with pink frosting. Her mother laughed. For a little girl, you have a long memory, she told Kirsti. There hasn’t been any butter, or sugar for cupcakes, for a long time. A year, at least. When will there be cupcakes again? When the war ends, Mrs. Johansen said. She glanced through the window, down to the street corner where the soldiers stood, their faces impassive beneath the metal helmets. When the soldiers leave.
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About Lois Lowry
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.