The Giver quartet

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The Giver: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. -- Gathering blue: Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. -- Messenger: In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand. -- Son: 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.
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Adoption -- Juvenile fiction
Artists -- Fiction
Artists -- Juvenile fiction
Community life -- Fiction
Community life -- Juvenile fiction
Control (Psychology) -- Fiction
Control (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
Dystopias -- Fiction
Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction
Ethics -- Fiction
Ethics -- Juvenile fiction
Fantasy fiction
Girls -- Juvenile fiction
Healers -- Fiction
Healers -- Juvenile fiction
Individuality -- Fiction
Individuality -- Juvenile fiction
Memory -- Fiction
Memory -- Juvenile fiction
Mother and child -- Fiction
Mother and child -- Juvenile fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
People with disabilities -- Fiction
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
Science fiction
Separation (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
Separation -- Fiction
Social control -- Fiction
Social control -- Juvenile fiction
Surrogate mothers -- Juvenile fiction
Utopias -- Fiction
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