Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by which American writer credited with more than thirty children's books, and has won two Newbery Medals?
Lois Lowry Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer credited with more than thirty children's books. She has won two Newbery Medals, for "Number the Stars" in 1990 and "The Giver" in 1994. For her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000 and U.S. nominee again in 2004, as well as a finalist in 2016 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Her book "Gooney Bird Greene" won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.
C. B. Colby Carroll Burleigh Colby (September 7, 1904 – October 31, 1977) was a prolific American writer, primarily of nonfiction children's books. He wrote approximately 93 books that were widely circulated in public and school libraries in the United States. He is best known for "Strangely Enough!" (1959).