Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet begins with Jonas in a tightly controlled community that has removed pain, conflict and individual choice from everyday life. Gathering Blue shifts to a different society and protagonist, while Messenger and Son gradually reveal how the people and places from the earlier books are connected. The books are linked rather than one uninterrupted narrative, but reading them in publication order makes those connections and later returns more meaningful. The prose is accessible and restrained, while the ideas become clearer through the characters' discoveries rather than long explanations of the world. Read more Less
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