The Giver and its Companions by Lois Lowry

   

Remember when you had to read The Giver for class? Some of you liked it, others did not.I think you should give it and it's companion books another try.  I recently reread it and think it was a very interesting book. It makes you think a lot about life and how we treat each other. Lois Lowry did not stop with The Giver, she wrote other books that are similar, but different. Get caught up in a different world. Which is better? Ours or theirs?
Author Talk about the books

The Giver Video Book Talk

Gathering Blue- A Companion to The Giver

Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. Her neighbors are hostile and no one but a small boy offers to help. When she is summoned to judgement by The Council of Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life. But the Council, to her surprise, has plans for her. Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, the young girl faces new responsibilities and a set of mysteries deep within the only world she has ever known. On her quest for truth, Kira discovers things that will change her life and world forever.

Gathering Video Book Talk

Messenger- A Companion to The Giver

For the past six years, Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man, known for his special sight. Village was a place that 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 make one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he unexpectedly discovers within himself.

Messenger Video Book Talk

Son- The Thrilling Conclusion

Fifteen-year-old Claire has never questioned life within her calm, predictable Community. Her family unit — a mother, a father, and a brother — was kind and supportive while she was growing up. And then, when she turned 12, the Committee of Elders gave her the assignment of Birthmother, and she left her family unit to join the other Vessels who were given the job of birthing young. But something goes wrong the day Claire gives birth. Surgery is required and Claire is decertified as Birthmother. Even after she's reassigned to the Community's fish hatchery, Claire can't stop thinking about the son she birthed…and never saw. What are these emotions? And could the yearnings she feels destroy her?

Son Video Book Talk

Try them out this summer-
They are available from the Wonewoc Public Library.