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Item Description...
Overview
Knowing that the Village will soon be closed to all outsiders, Matty must make the trek through the dangerous Forest to find Seer's daughter and convince her to return with him before it is too late and he loses her forever. Reprint.
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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 been invaluable as a messenger. Now he must make one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he unexpectedly discovers within himself.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Lois Lowry was twice the recipient of the Newbery Medal, for Number the Stars and for The Giver. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 176
Dimensions: Length: 0.4" Width: 4.15" Height: 6.75"
Weight: 0.15 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jan 24, 2006
Publisher Laurel Leaf
ISBN 0440239125
EAN 9780440239123
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 | Fortunately, negative trend must end with this third book in the trilogy Nov 28, 2009 |
I've yet to meet a reader of The Giver that didn't flat out love it. But now that I've read the trilogy, I wish Lois Lowery had quit while she was ahead (with The Giver) instead of choosing to continue on with unrelated characters in Gathering Blue and then attempt to peripherally connect the two with the [mediocre] Messenger. The format and style of the three stories is the same: a young person, in this case Matty the "tyke" from Gathering Blue, sleuths out a secret and, in the end, saves the day. Unfortunately, what made The Giver so great was its unique plot and simple writing style, which just seems tiresome the third time around. If I could go back in time knowing what I know now, I'd choose to skip both Gathering Blue and The Messenger. Note: the following paragraph contains spoilers.
Messenger begins two years after Gathering Blue left off. Matty lives in Village with Seer (Kira's thought-dead, blind father). The buzz is that something strange is going on at Trade Mart, a sort of bazaar where Village residents gain something grand in exchange for something seemingly sneaky and unknown to all but the involved parties. Matty worries when Mentor (like Giver in The Giver and the elderly woman weaver in Gathering Blue, a man that taught the boy a lot), a man with moral integrity, sides with those wanting to close the border of the historically open-door policy community to refugees. When the vote is in favor of turning away outsiders from so much as entering Village boundaries, Matty is tasked with returning to the place of his birth to bring Kira back before the deadline. Strange happenings in Forest, the deadline drawing near, and Matty's realization about his powerful gift all play a part in Kira and the messenger's do or die race against the clock. The only significant connection back to The Giver is the Leader (Jonas), who plays a small part as advisor, seer of sorts, and admirer of Kira.
If you haven't read The Giver, please don't bother with this one. If you have, think twice. Better: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
| | |  | Disappointing Jul 3, 2009 |
So, this book wasn't as good as The Giver. And it does help to read The Giver and Gathering Blue before this one, since they are companion books. But it's not necessary.
The word to describe this book for me is "interesting." It was a quick read. It was clean. It teaches a good moral. And it leaves enough unsaid that it makes you have to think for yourself and try to figure out what's going on. I got a little caught up in trying to remember Gathering Blue, so I could piece together some details. Overall, I liked it. But it was a little weird.
And now it's made me want to read The Giver again. | | | | Decent Ending, but Leaves SOOOO Many Questions... Jul 3, 2009 |
After finishing 'Gathering Blue', I immediately started 'Messenger'. I had such high hopes for this book since it was the end of the series. However, it left me with so many questions.
It was nice to get some closer on Jonas, and to find out what became of his community, but what about his brother Gabe? He's mentioned in a single sentence out of the whole book. And Kira's village (Matty's old one)...things there have changed, people are nicer and more caring towards one another, but WHY? What brought about the change?
My biggest two questions though involve the Trade Mart, and Forrest. What was actually going on a Trade mart? Yes, people were obviously trading their souls for items, but HOW? Was the Trademaster (who was never described) some sort of magician? What was in his book?? As for Forrest, why was it suddenly becoming hostile? What changed? Also (and this is a bit of a side note), I thought it strange that Matty had this healing gift, but never healed the Seer. Even before he left for his journey to get Kira, he could have given the man his sight back.
Overall, I'm satisfied, but also slightly disappointed. 'The Giver' has been a favorite book of mine since I read it for the first time 14 years ago, and 'Gathering Blue' was also a good book, but 'Messenger' was a bit of a let down. I recommend it only because it's part of the series, and some earlier questions are answered, but it leaves so many new ones. | | |  | Messenger review Apr 27, 2009 |
| Bought this book for my son; he loved it! You must read all three books in the series! | | |  | Great Read Mar 29, 2009 |
| This is an amazing book! You really have to read all three of them (The Giver, Gathering Blue)! | | | Write your own review about Messenger
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