Lamed 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.

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.

Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms

an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken from their

community.

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[b]1994[/b]Featuring photographic artwork from the feature film on the cover, this

handsome edition of The Giver is perfect for fans of the movie and the literary

classic. Lois Lowry’s 1994 Newbery Medal–winning tale has become one of the

most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on Jonas who

lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment.

Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he

begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.

Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering

Blue, Messenger, and Son.

When their mother starts to date the mystery man on the fifth floor, who has been instructed by his agent to "eliminate the children" by the first of May, eleven-year-old Caroline and her older brother figure they're targeted to be the victims of a savage crime.