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Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Product Details 'Told in simple, evocative prose, this companion to The Giver (1993) and Gathering Blue (2000) can stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty.

'Lowry moves far beyond message, writing with a beautiful simplicity rooted in political fable, in warm domestic detail, and in a wild natural world, just on the edge of realism.' - Booklist (starred review) Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son.'Lowry masterfully presents another thought-provoking, haunting tale in this third novel, a companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Printed in the United States of America BP l0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. The end of Chapter 7 is one of the most suspenseful parts of the book, because the reader is not sure what has happened to Jonas and if something is really wrong. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand.

But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village’s closing and try to convince Seer’s daughter Kira to return with him before it’s too late. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. But Forest has become hostile to Matty as well, and he is armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s bestselling Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son. As one of the few people able to travel through the dangerous Forest, Matty must deliver the message that Village will soon be closed to outsiders. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to 'Sameness', a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Strange changes are taking place in Village. The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses.

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