A Summer to Die

by Lois Lowry, Jenni Oliver (Illustrator)

Overview

Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547345543
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/27/1977
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	285,792
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
File size:	738 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.
www.loislowry.com 
Twitter @LoisLowryWriter

Editorial Reviews

"Not simply another story on a subject currently in vogue, this book is memorable as a well-crafted reaffirmation of universal values." Horn Book

"Not simply another story on a subject currently in vogue, this book is memorable as a well-crafted reaffirmation of universal values." Horn Book Guide —

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