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Messenger is the third book in Lois Lowry's The Giver Quartet. It is about a young man that was introduced as a character in the second book, Gathering Blue. Three other people from the prior two novels show up in this book too. It is interesting that the author wrote this book in 2004 and located it in the future because many of the topics she touches on are relevant to today. Matty is the protagonist in the novel. He takes messages back and forth between Kara and her father Seer who live in different towns. Matty lives with Seer in Village. Matty also delivers messages around Village for Leader, who was Jonas from the first book. Village has historically been a place where people who were "broken" could go and have quality of life. Whether physically injured or mentally hurt in prior locations, the people who lived in Village took care of each other and nurtured each other. New people were always welcome. But lately things have been changing. Some of the people from Village have been going to something called trade mart where they trade for items they want. A common item traded for is a gaming machine. But what do they trade? And why are the people who trade changing and becoming more and more selfish. Soon they vote and decide not to let anyone else come into Village. And then they begin to build a wall around Village to keep people out. There is no doubt this series will make it on to my top ten novels this year. I am not sure why it is considered children's literature. Please click on the author's name and name of the book above. And enjoy the author in the video that follows. It is from the Library of Congress.
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