Building 903: Lois Lowry

In a world where comfort is the cage, one girl finds the key.

From Lois Lowry, two-time Newbery Medal winner and author of the beloved classic The Giver, comes a gripping new novel about censorship, complicity, and the radical power of books.

Twins Tessa and Theo live under the rule of the tyrannical Koziris, in a society with no dangers and no rebels, or so they’ve been told. Citizens live long, safe, comfortable lives, and even those who despise Koziris have learned not to make trouble. So when Theo vanishes, no one will talk about it.

Then Miriam, Tessa’s 135-year-old neighbor, who is days away from being sent to the retirement community, presses a key into her hand. It unlocks the truth about Theo’s disappearance and something far more dangerous: books.

As Tessa and her parents search for Theo, she discovers that stories are portals, and that imagination may be the most powerful force in the world. Once she knows that, she can’t go back. She won’t stop until she has found her twin and changed the society that took him.

Part of The Giver Quartet of books, this addition is both timely and timeless. Building 903 is a profound addition to Lois Lowry’s remarkable body of work, and a reminder that in a world built on comfort, imagination is the revolution.