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Son

ISBN: 0547887205

Title: Son

Author: Lois Lowry

KDL Description:

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. Even if it’s been a while since reading The Giver, the story flows and the writing is compelling. I didn’t read the second and third books in this series, yet I didn’t feel lost reading the final installment. I listened to the audio and found myself sitting in the car in various parking lots, listening until I reached the end of a chapter.
-Beth at KDL’s Gaines Township branch

Amazon Description:

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive?　 She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.

Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver,　as well as Gathering Blue　and　Messenger　where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.