Paperback | 192 pages

Strange changes are taking place in Village. As one of the few people able to travel through the dangerous Forest, Matty must deliver the message that Village will soon be closed to outsiders. But Forest has become hostile to Matty as well, and he is armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand.Messengeris the masterful third novel in Lois Lowrys bestselling Giver Quartet, which includesThe Giver, Gathering Blue,andSon.

Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Villages closing and try to convince Seers daughter Kira to return with him before its too late. But Forest is now hostile to Matty as well. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand.
Messengeris the masterful third novel in Lois Lowrys Giver Quartet, which includesThe Giver, Gathering Blue,andSon.