The complete Giver series! Four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern young adult classics in one softcover boxed set.
Includes the complete Newbery Medal–winning Giver Quartet series: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. And a new and exclusive map of the Giver world.
Enter this futuristic world through a page-turning dystopian journey that concludes the masterpiece The Giver started twenty years ago. The perfect gift for a fan's library!
The Giver
In a perfect world, Jonas begins to see the flaws… THE GIVER is the classic
award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre and a major motion picture
adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and
Taylor Swift. It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in
the community wants for anything. Everything needed is provided. And at twelve
years old, each member of the community has their profession carefully chosen
for them by the Committee of Elders. Twelve-year old Jonas has never thought
there was anything wrong with his world. But from the moment he is selected as
the Receiver of Memory, Jonas discovers that their community is not as perfect
as it seems. It is only with the help of the Giver, that Jonas can find what has
been lost. And it is only through his personal courage that Jonas finds the
strength to do what is right… The Giver is the award-winning classic of
bravery and adventure that has inspired countless dystopian writers as the
forerunner of this genre.
“Winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal, this thought-provoking novel centers
on a 12-year-old boy's gradual disillusionment with an outwardly utopian
futuristic society; in a starred review, PW said, "Lowry is once again in top
form… unwinding a tale fit for the most adventurous readers.” Ages
10-up. Publishers Weekly
Gathering Blue
Tells the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain
future until she is summoned by the Council of Guardians… On her quest for
truth that follows, Kira makes discoveries that will change her life and world
forever.
Messenger
Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind
man known for his special sight. Village once welcomed newcomers, but something
sinister has seeped into Village and the people have voted to close it to
outsiders. Matty has been invaluable as a messenger. Now he must risk everything
to make one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a
power he unexpectedly discovers within himself.
Son
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew
that she came from a society where emotions don’t exist. That she had become a
Vessel. That she had carried a Product. That it had been stolen from her body.
Claire’s son is out there, a young boy now. She was supposed to forget him,
but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even
if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.
Author Biography
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader.s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association.s Children.s Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.