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1) The giver

Author

Lowry, Lois

Series

Giver quartet volume 1

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Award Winning Books for Kids

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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

2) Gathering blue

Author

Lowry, Lois

Series

Giver quartet volume 2
The Giver

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Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

3) Messenger

Author

Lowry, Lois

Series

Giver quartet volume 3
The Giver

Pub. Date

2004.

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In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

4) Son

Author

Lowry, Lois

Series

Giver quartet volume 4
The Giver

Pub. Date

2012.

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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.