Grade 6 Up-Matty, who has lived in Village with the blind Seer since running away from an abusive childhood, is looking forward to receiving his true name, which he hopes will be Messenger. But he is deeply unsettled by what is going on. He has discovered his own power to heal others and learned of disturbing changes within his community.
Under the gentle guidance of Leader, who arrived in Village on a red sled as a young boy and who has the power of Seeing Beyond, the citizens have always welcomed newcomers, especially those who are disabled. But a sinister force is at work, which has prompted them to close admission to outsiders. Also, it seems that Matty’s beloved Mentor has been trading away parts of his inner self in order to become more attractive to Stocktender’s widow. When the date for the close of the border is decided, Matty must make one more trip through the increasingly sinister Forest to bring back Seer’s daughter, the gifted weaver Kira. On the return journey, Matty must decide if he should use his healing but self-destructive power to reverse the inexorable decline of Forest, Village, and its people.
While readers may be left mystified as to what is behind the dramatic change in Village, Lowry’s skillful writing imbues the story with a strong sense of foreboding, and her descriptions of the encroaching Forest are particularly vivid and terrifying. The gifted young people, introduced in The Giver (1993) and Gathering Blue (2000, both Houghton), are brought together in a gripping final scene, and the shocking conclusion without benefit of denouement is bound to spark much discussion and debate.
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Lowry, Lois – The Giver – Il donatore – Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub Jonas ha dodici anni e vive in un mondo perfetto. Nella sua Comunità non esistono più guerre, differenze sociali o sofferenze. Tutto quello che può causare dolore o disturbo è stato abolito, compresi gli impulsi sessuali, le (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – La Rivincita – Gathering Blue – Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub “In una comunità del futuro prossimo, tornata ad uno stadio di vita semi-primitiva, un gruppo di funzionari, conosciuto come il Consiglio dei Guardiani, amministra le leggi dominando la popolazione dall’interno dell’unico edificio (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – Il messaggero – Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub La storia di Matty si colloca 6 anni dopo i fatti raccontati in Gathering Blue e 8 anni dopo circa quelli raccontati in The Giver. Il ragazzino è cresciuto nella casa del Veggente, il padre di Kyra, la protagonista della (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – Il figlio – Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub Quarto libro della serie di Lois Lowry aperta da The Giver – Il Donatore. Il secondo e il terzo sono La Rivincita – Gathering Blue e Il messaggero. |
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Lowry, Lois – The Giver – Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – Gathering Blue – Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – Messenger – Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub Grade 6 Up-Matty, who has lived in Village with the blind Seer since running away from an abusive childhood, is looking forward to receiving his true name, which he hopes will be Messenger. But he is deeply unsettled by what is (More) |
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Lowry, Lois – Son – Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age (More) |








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