Name: messenger
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Author: Lowry, Lois
ISBN: 9780547995670

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lois Lowry

Publisher

Clarion Books

Language

English

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.1 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0547995679

ISBN13

9780547995670

Synopsis "messenger"

The third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver.Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders.As 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."Told 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)Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Son.

Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry (March 20, 1973, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American children's literature writer, best known for her work The Giver. Born into a family of Norwegian and German origin, her childhood was marked by constant relocations due to her father's military career, which led her to live in places as diverse as New York, Pennsylvania, or Japan. From a very young age, Lowry showed a passion for reading and writing, and knew early on that she wanted to be an author.

Lowry studied at Brown University, although she interrupted her studies to get married and start a family. Later, she resumed her education and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Southern Maine in 1972.

She began her career as a photographer and freelance journalist in the 1970s. Her work caught the attention of Houghton Mifflin, who encouraged her to write her first children's book. Author of more than 30 books for young readers including "The Giver" and "A Summer to Die". She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Newbery Medal for The Giver. She lives between Cambridge and an old farm in Maine.

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