Messenger is a 2004 young adult fiction by author Lois Lowry. It forms the third installment of The Giver Quartet, which was begun by her 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel The Giver. Messenger takes place about eight years after the events of The Giver and about six years after the events of Gathering Blue. Characters from both of the previous books reappear in Messenger and give the novels a stronger continuity. Set in an isolated community, known simply as Village, Messenger focuses upon a boy, Matty, who serves as message-bearer through …
Messenger
Messenger is a 2004 young adult fiction by author Lois Lowry. It forms the third installment of The Giver Quartet, which was begun by her 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel The Giver. Messenger takes place about eight years after the events of The Giver and about six years after the events of Gathering Blue. Characters from both of the previous books reappear in Messenger and give the novels a stronger continuity. Set in an isolated community, known simply as Village, Messenger focuses upon a boy, Matty, who serves as message-bearer through the ominous and lethal Forest that surrounds the community.
English language
Published Sept. 24, 2004
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