About this title: 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.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Boston
Date Published: 2004
Description: Tiny sale mark at the base of the sheets, else an as new copy. 8vo. paperbound. Young readers, ages 12 up. This is a publisher's advance uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385737166ISBN:0385737165
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780385737166ISBN:0385737165
Description: New. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 169 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Reader
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780385732536ISBN:0385732538
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walter Lorraine, Boston
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780618404414ISBN:0618404414
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. First edition hard cover with dust jacket, FINE/FINE. Crisp, tight, unmarked copy. Dust jacket in new mylar cover. 169pp. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Listening Library
Date Published: 2004-09
ISBN-13:9780807223734ISBN:0807223735
Description: Good. Audio Book, 3 Cassettes, ex-library with discard marks, in original box/case, rental stickers on tapes & case, post office daily. read more
Edition: Audio Book edition
Binding: Audiobook (cassette)
Publisher: Listening Library
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780807223734ISBN:0807223735
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers, in plastic hardshell case. Tapes, set case in great condition. Unabridged; Includes ALL 3 tapes. Narrated by David Morse.; For the past six years, Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man, known for his special sight. Village was a place that welcomed newcomers, but something sinister has seeped into Village and the people have voted to close it to outsiders. Matty has ... read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Listening Library
Date Published: 2004-09
ISBN-13:9780807223734ISBN:0807223735
Description: Good. Ex-library audio book on cassettes in library case with original artwork and library stamps and stickers. Cassettes play fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 2004
Date Published: 2004
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Date Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN-13:9780440239123ISBN:0440239125
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780440239123. read more
"Lois Lowry's Messenger is the third young adult novel in the sequence containing The Giver and Gathering Blue, and follows the character of Matty, who is first introduced in Gathering Blue. The beginning of Messenger introduces a Matty six years after the conclusion of the previous novel, and focuses on his life in Village, a community of escapees living beyond the control of the oppressive societies they fled. Here, Matty is a messenger who risks the perils of Forest to facilitate communication between communities, and he prides himself on being the only one who can make the journeys time and again. However, as the plot develops the reader discovers with Matty that citizens of Village are being negatively impacted by trading, and when these changed neighbors vote to close the village Matty sets out to retrieve Kira, the daughter of the blind man with whom he has lived for the past six years.
Messenger lacks the power of development of The Giver and the compassion of Gathering Blue, leaving me very dissatisfied as a reader. The story itself seems shallow and poorly developed as if Matty's store is a mere after-thought that Lowry thought she should wrap up. While some of the satire and social commentary present in early novels exists, in Messenger they are overshadowed by supernatural themes: Forest is a personified forest that can literally kill citizens, who are essentially trapped by homicidal vegetation, and characters such as Matty, Kira, and "Leader" work through magical gifts (such as "seeing beyond") which allow them to overcome obstacles, as opposed to the strength of human spirit and belief in life, freedom, and humanity as presented in the earlier companion novels. Messenger is a disappointment in both method and, well, message, and is the weakest of the sequence that begins so beautifully with The Giver."
"This is a really good book, it takes of where "Gathering Blue "leaves, though about six years in the future. Matty, Kira's young friend, who used to run wild, has now found a home with her Kira's father is enjoying living in the village, but most of all he loves to run messages for the village, along the way he finds that he has this special gift to heal things( what Leader tells him to be a gift). Then one day the village people start to think more selfishness and the people are planning to stop welcoming newcomers, now Matty must go through the forest to find Kira to convince her to come to the village before its to late, not to make things worse the forest is starting to thicken now Matty must go against the clock to accomplish so much and perhaps save his village. I really enjoyed this book, it was packed with action, but I still didn't quite like how it ended, it just kind of cut off and it could of used another chapter or two just to know that everything turned out ok.Over all it was great."
"This book is really good you finally find out what happened to Jonas and Gabe. The end is pretty good but you may be disapointed. The forest is finally at peace."
"Matty, six years after leaving his life of mischief and stealing, was living with the blind man in Village, a town where the handicapped and misfits have a place to stay. Matty had grown to be a fine young man, found love with the schoolteacher's daughter, and was a devout messenger. When the town decided that no more wanderers would be allowed to live in Village, Leader sent Matty on a journey. To deliver the messages that Leader gave him and to get to the blind man's daughter, Matty had to walk through Forest, the deadly forest that had killed so many people. Matty wasn't afraid, but now Forest is changing...
Messenger was... beautiful. Matty "gave himself willingly, traded for all that he loved and valued." I adore this book so much that it will never collect dust, for I will be taking it off my shelf and reading it all the time. The characters from Gathering Blue and The Giver meet in this wonderful read. Author Lois Lowry has astounded me once more with her likable characters and the fast pace of the storyline. I actually did cry at the end of this book, which makes this the second fictional book I have ever cried over. Readers of all genres will enjoy reading this tale of love, adventure, and loss."
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