When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words. ' It was set, after all, in … - Lois Lowry

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Lo, as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from you large hand appears: A type that nature wills to plan But once in all a people's years.

Lois Lowry

When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words. ' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.

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