![]() ![]() I haven't done any research, so I'm just guessing, but it seems to me that most books for young adults deal with a kid becoming independent and emerging as a young adult-not leaving his parents behind, but no longer needing them. It begins with Claire, Gabe's mother, and her search for him. GR: Son really feels like a testament to maternal love. ![]() What turns out to be the final third of the book, when he began questioning about his own mother, started out as the beginning of the book. ![]() I started with him as an adolescent, but I found my own attention diverted by who had given birth to him. But I had not dealt with the baby, and I had not realized that kids would be so attached to a toddler. By the time I wrote a couple more books, it was clear where he was. LL: Most readers in the early days would ask about Jonas. Lois Lowry: Oh, readers were writing continuously and asking what happened to the characters, and I guess I was thinking the same thoughts. Goodreads: When The Giver was first published, you said you weren't planning a definitive end to the story. ![]()
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