Son
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.
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Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersburg, 1937) is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.
The Giver Quartet
The Giver Quartet consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Related series The Giver Quartet (graphic novels)
Reviews and Comments
This review is on SON by Lois Lowry. It is the second book I have read by this author. This book is part four of The Giver Quartet, composed of The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. I have not read books two and three. The Giver was released as a motion picture in 2014 and I saw it on DVD. It was great and followed the book closely; again not explaining what happens to the main character, Jonas, at the end. This book starts out with a young fourteen year old girl named Clair who has been assigned the role of Vessel or Birthmother. Clair is about to have her first child and she must wear a blindfold so as not to see the “Product” after it is born. It is easier this way to avoid feeling any attachment to the baby. This is a problem with the birth and Clair ends up having a healthy, but troublesome, baby boy. Unfortunately, Clair can no longer have children and is told she has been decertified and must be reassigned to another job in the community. Soon Clair begins to have feelings and realizes that she really misses her child and wants to see him. Clair is determined to find her child and figures out a way to visit him in the nursery. At this point in the story, Clair meets the man who cares for her boy and finally gets to hold her son named Gabe. Unlike other mothers in the community, Clair develops true feelings for her child and is determined not to let him go. When Jonas escapes and takes Gabe with him, the connection between Book 4 and Book 1 is made. Form this point on the story goes in a new direction. Clair decides to leave the community to find her missing son. Clair faces many ordeals in her search for her son and the world she knew vanishes forever. I give this story four stars because the writing is very good and the author makes you feel the emotions the new characters experience in this book. I choose this book to find out what happened to Jonas and the baby boy after reading The Giver. There is no ambiguity in the telling or ending of this story. Perhaps I will read Books 2 and 3 in the future to see how interconnected they are to the same story line in Books 1 and 4.