Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry is an American author of children’s books, many of which are children’s fantasy novels. She is most famous for her novel The Giver (which spawned the Giver Quartet) and the novel Number the Stars – both of which have won the Newbery Medal. Some of Lois’ other series include the Anastasia Krupnik series (and its Sam Krupnik spin-off), the J.P. Tate series and the Gooney Bird series. Her novels go into various issues such as racism, terminal illness, murder and the Holocaust.

Lois Lowry became a published author in 1977 with the standalone novel A Summer to Die. Below is a list of Lois Lowry’s books in order of when they were originally published:

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Publication Order of Anastasia Krupnik Books

Anastasia Krupnik(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia Again!(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia at Your Service(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst / Off Her Rocker(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia on Her Own(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia Has the Answers(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia's Chosen Career(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia at This Address(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anastasia, Absolutely(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of J.P. TateBooks

The 100th Thing About Caroline(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Switcharound(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Your Move, J.P.!(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Sam Krupnik Books

Publication Order of The Giver Books

Publication Order of Giver Graphic Novels

The Giver (By: P. Craig Russell)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Gooney Bird Greene Books

Gooney Bird Greene(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gooney the Fabulous(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gooney Bird Is So Absurd(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gooney Bird on the Map(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gooney Bird and All Her Charms(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rania Matar(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Dear America Books

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart (By: Kristiana Gregory)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All the Stars in the Sky (By: Megan McDonald)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Like the Willow Tree(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cannons at Dawn (By: Kristiana Gregory)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels

A Summer to Die(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Autumn Street(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Taking Care of Terrific(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Us and Uncle Fraud(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rabble Starkey(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Road Ahead(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Number the Stars(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
New Windmills(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Handle with Care(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stay!: Keeper's Story(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Silent Boy(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gossamer(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Birthday Ball(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bless This Mouse(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Windeby Puzzle(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tree. Table. Book.(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Looking Back: A Book of Memories(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Horizon(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Willoughbys Books

The Willoughbys(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Willoughbys Return(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

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Note: The Giver graphic novel series is adapted by Craig P. Russell.

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Lois Lowry Synopsis: In Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye by Lois Lowry, 17 year-old Natalie Armstrong has everything a girl could ask for – looks, smarts, a family that loves her and an amazing boyfriend. But there’s one thing she doesn’t have – a mother. Now she is determined to find her and will go on a journey in order to find out who she is.

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