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Where Messenger sits
- Series
- Book 3 of The Giver Quartet. See all The Giver Quartet books in order
- The book before
- Gathering Blue
- The book after
- Son
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against harpercollins.com
Checked facts about Messenger
Under each line: where it was read, and when.
- Publication
- First published in 2004. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- Other edition
- The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 187-page hardcover from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780547995670. (Library of Congress, its record of another edition; read November 6, 2026)
What Messenger is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Matty is young and lives in a community that prizes honesty and is meant to be perfect. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a young member of a Utopian community that values honesty
- He keeps secret a growing power to heal that he can neither explain nor understand. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Community life
- Healers
- Science fiction
- Utopias
Reading ages
- Children's
Other books in The Giver Quartet
4 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Giver
- Book 2: Gathering Blue
- Book 4: Son
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