Lowry introduced Matty in Gathering Blue he is an energetic and impatient individual who is undergoing an awkward transition into adulthood as the story begins. This novel focuses upon a boy named Matty, who serves as message-bearer through the ominous Forest that surrounds the community. Set in an isolated community known simply as Village, where people come to escape their previous lives. Characters from the two earlier books reappear in Messenger, linking the novels more strongly. This novel is to take place about eight years after the events of The Giver, and about six years after the events of Gathering Blue. It forms the third installment of The Giver quartet begun by her 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel The Giver. It is a 2004 novel by children's author Lois Lowry. Messenger is the third book in the Giver quartet.
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