THE GIVER stories

THE GIVER QUARTET series: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son

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The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by Lois Lowry.

The quartet consists of:

1. The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time.

The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment.

Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.

2. Gathering Blue (2000)

It is set in the same future time period and treats some of the same themes.

The central character, Kira, who has a deformed leg, is orphaned and must learn to survive in a society that normally leaves the weak or disabled exposed to die in the fields. Kira's father was apparently mauled by the Beasts at the Field. Kira's mother had died recently from an illness.

Since she is an orphan, Kira needs a reason for the Council of Edifice to keep her in the village, rather than send her to the Field, which is certain death at the hands of The Beast. Kira's mother used to do embroidery for the Council and taught Kira some of her talents. Kira's gift for embroidery convinces the Council to keep her around to mend and update a beautiful robe, which shows the history of their society. In the course of the book, she begins to learn the art of dyeing threads different colors except for blue, which nobody in her community knows how to make. Only Annabella knows, Kira's mentor. She also learns more about the truth of her village and the terrible secrets it holds. She then finds her father, who tells the truth of what happened to him and about the Village he now lives in.

3. Messenger (2004)

Messenger takes place about eight years after the events of The Giver and about six years after the events of Gathering Blue. Set in an isolated community, known simply as Village, it focuses on a boy, Matty, who serves as message-bearer through the ominous and lethal Forest, which surrounds the community. This book also tells of the fate of Jonas and Gabe, from The Giver.

4. Son (2012)

Son follows Claire, the birth mother of Gabriel from The Giver and her journey to locate her son.

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