{"product_id":"messenger-isbn-9781328466204","title":"Messenger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Told in simple, evocative prose, this companion to \u003cem\u003eThe Giver\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGathering Blue \u003c\/em\u003ecan stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty.\" \u003cem\u003e—Kirkus \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMessenger\u003c\/em\u003e is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, which includes \u003cem\u003eThe Giver, Gathering Blue,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Lowry masterfully presents another thought-provoking, haunting tale in this third novel, a companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890246021349,"sku":"NP9781328466204","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781328466204.jpg?v=1730232856","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/messenger-isbn-9781328466204","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}