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Also by Lois Lowry:

The Giver, July 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Son, October 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Willoughbys, April 2008
Hardcover
Gossamer, May 2006
Hardcover
Messenger, April 2004
Trade Size (reprint)
Gathering Blue, September 2002
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THE WILLOUGHBYS
By: Lois Lowry

Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
April 2008
On Sale: March 31, 2008
176 pages
ISBN: 0618979743
EAN: 9780618979745
Hardcover
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Childrens

Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt to fulfill their roles as good oldfashioned children. Following the models set in lauded tales from A Christmas Carol to Mary Poppins, the four Willoughbys hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too, or at least a satisfyingly maudlin one. However, it is an unquestionably ruthless act that sets in motion the transformations that lead to their salvation and to happy endings for not only the four children, but their nanny, an abandoned baby, a candy magnate, and his long-lost son too. Replete with a tongue-in-cheek glossary and bibliography, this hilarious and decidedly old-fashioned parody pays playful homage to classic works of children's literature.

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