Author of The Giver, Lois Lowry
Director : Martin Scorsese
Year 7 novel:
The Giver by 
Gathering Blue by 
Messenger by 
Son by
Lois Ann Lowry née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences.
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 curriculum in some schools, has been prohibited in others.
Find out more about Lois Lowry at her website!
Year 7 film:
Hugo
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle, which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets shopkeeper George Melies, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking goddaughter Isabelle. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers that it unlocks memories that the old man has buried inside regarding his past.
Information sourced from Clickview
The film Hugo is based on the novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.
You can find the audiobook here via our Library catalogue!
Hugo : Review
Martin Scorsese leaves his mean streets behind for this exhilarating family tale inspired by the birth of cinema
Hugo : Review
Inventing a world, just like clockwork.
Hugo : Review
Scorsese meets the sorcerer of cinema.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screen play by: John Logan
Based on the novel by: Brian Selznick
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen.
Information sourced from Paramount Pictures
We have two study guides for the film Hugo on our library catalogue, click on the link above to search for them!
