Deze suggestieve sci-fi serie onderzoekt een schijnbaar utopische samenleving waarin pijn en conflict zijn geëlimineerd, maar ook emoties en kleur. Een jonge protagonist wordt gekozen voor de unieke rol van Ontvanger van Herinneringen en ontdekt geleidelijk de duistere waarheid over zijn wereld. Het verhaal duikt in diepgaande vragen over identiteit, geheugen en menselijkheid, en daagt lezers uit om de ware kosten van perfectie te overwegen. Het is een boeiende reis die vrijheid en de prijs die we ervoor betalen onderzoekt.
Jonas, the twelve-year-old protagonist of Lois Lowry's prize-winninge novel "The Giver" seems to live in a perfect world. In the Ceremony of Twelve he receives his lifetime assignement: he is chosen to be the new "Receiver of Memory" of his community. During his training, performed by "The Giver of Memory", Jonas finds out about the dark secrets that underlie the apparent harmony of his world
Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. She fears for her future until she is spared by the all-powerful Council of Guardians. Kira is a gifted weaver and is given a task that no other community member can do. While her talent keeps her alive and brings certain privileges, Kira soon realizes she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world and see what places exist beyond.
Messenger is the masterful third novel in the Giver Quartet, which began with the dystopian bestseller The Giver, now a major motion picture. Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. Village once 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 risk everything to make one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he unexpectedly discovers within himself.
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
Award-winning author Lois Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve and what could be considered valuable in this fascinating quartet of dystopian novels.
A graphic novel adaptation of Lois Lowry's The giver, a story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world.