Pub Date: September 25, 2012
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2011288433
Lexile Code: 0720
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to UP
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.30" L x 5.70" W ( 0.65 lbs) 192 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories | Fantasy | General | Social Themes | Values and Virtues | Coming of Age | Visionary and Metaphysical | Thrillers and Suspense | Literary
Series: Giver Quartet
Description: 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.
Brief description:
Lois Lowry is the author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.
Review Quotes:
"Lowry masterfully presents another thought-provoking, haunting tale in this third novel, a companion to The Giver and Gathering Blue." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Lowry moves far beyond message, writing with a beautiful simplicity rooted in political fable, in warm domestic detail, and in a wild natural world, just on the edge of realism." - Booklist (starred review)
"Told in simple, evocative prose, this companion to The Giver (1993) and Gathering Blue (2000) can stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)