pstrongThe third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning emThe Giverem.strongppTrouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders.ppAs one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village's closing and try to convince Seer's daughter Kira to return with him before it's 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.ppTold in simple, evocative prose, this companion to emThe Giverem and emGathering Blue emcan stand on its own as a powerful tale of great beauty. em--Kirkus emstarred reviewppemMessengerem is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which includes emThe Giver, Gathering Blue, em and emSon.emp