MessengerThe third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver. Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. 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. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. "Told in simple, evocative prose, this companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue can stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty." —Kirkus (starred review) Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son. |
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... path that entered Forest at the edge of Village , Matty went by a roundabout way so that he could pass the home of the schoolteacher , a good- hearted man with a deep red stain that covered half of his face . Birthmark , it was called ...
... path beside her garden . Carefully he put her name in the heart , and his own below it . Maybe she would see it and know he had been there , and maybe she would care . " Hey , Matty ! What are you doing ? " It was his friend Ramon ...
... homeplace . Matty knew the paths of Forest as if he had made them . And indeed , some of them were of his making , over the years . The roots had flattened as he made his way here and there , seeking the shortest , safest 8.
... paths , to be safe on them , and to do the errands that required traveling through the thick woods with its complicated , mazelike turnings . He carried messages for them . It was his job . He thought that when it came time to be ...
... path to proceed between two trees , pushing his way through . These trees had grown fast in recent years , and now the clearing was completely concealed and had become Matty's private place . He needed privacy for this thing he was ...
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