Messenger, Volume 3

The companion novel to Lowry's Newbery Medal winner The Giver follows young Matty as he makes one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he unexpectedly discovers within himself. n nThe third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver.n nTrouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders.n nAs 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.n nTold 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)n nMessenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son.n