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Yes, there are three companion novels to "The Giver" by Lois Lowry: "Gathering Blue," "Messenger," and "Son." Each of these books explores different characters and aspects of the same dystopian world as "The Giver."

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Gathering Blue, and the Messenger are "sister" books. Lois Lowry states in her interviews that they are not technically sequels. They have the same theme about the need for human connection, but they are NOT sequels. Having read them myself, there are connections between the pieces, but they are subtle and not terribly obvious. The reader must see them for themselves...

In simple terms, there is no sequel.

- The messenger and Gathering blue are both obviously connected, as both main characters in each book are secondary in the other.

But in the Messenger, the leader of the village is obviously Jonas, if you look at the passages describing 'The little red sled' and other facts.

Gathering Blue and The Giver would take place in the same time frame, but in different villages, while Messenger ties both books together with Kira, Matty, and Jonas all living in Village. Gabe is even mentioned at the start of Messenger.

(You must remember that these stories are the outlook of the future not of the past)

EDIT: "Son" a kind conclusion to the quartet has recently been released and is a more direct sequel to The Giver than the other two books. It is set mostly in the same time frame, and Claire (the main character) is Gabe's birthmother.

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There is no sequel to The Giver. However, Lois Lowry did publish a second book that could be considered complimentary titled Gathering Blue.

Gathering Blue and The Giver may or may not occur in different literary universes, but both do deal with the literary theme of Utopic/Dystopic societies.

During the books The Giver and Gathering Blue it is unknown if the two books are in the same world, but it is hinted to it when Matt mentions a light eyed boy when he comes back with the blue fabric. It is even more hinted at, though, in The Messenger by Lois Lowry when "The Leader" mentions were he received all his books, and mentions his past, and a sister he had. Then it is confirmed for the reader when it mentions the red sled that "The Leader" came in.

So even though they are not necessarily sequels, the three books do correspond to each other, and are within the same literary universe.

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βˆ™ 10y ago

I've heard that there is a Sequel to it, but not one from Lois Lowry.

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There is no sequel to The Giver. However, Lois Lowry did publish a second book that could be considered complimentary titled Gathering Blue.

Gathering Blue and The Giver may or may not occur in different literary universes, but both do deal with the literary theme of Utopic/Dystopic societies.

During the books The Giver and Gathering Blue it is unknown if the two books are in the same world, but it is hinted to it when Matt mentions a light eyed boy when he comes back with the blue fabric. It is even more hinted at, though, in The Messenger by Lois Lowry when "The Leader" mentions were he received all his books, and mentions his past, and a sister he had. Then it is confirmed for the reader when it mentions the red sled that "The Leader" came in.

So even though they are not necessarily sequels, the three books do correspond to each other, and are within the same literary universe.

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From 14mlhecker.

There is no sequel to The Giver. However, Lois Lowry did publish a second book that could be considered complimentary titled Gathering Blue.

Gathering Blue and The Giver may or may not occur in different literary universes, but both do deal with the literary theme of Utopic/Dystopic societies.

During the books The Giver and Gathering Blue it is unknown if the two books are in the same world, but it is hinted to it when Matt mentions a light eyed boy when he comes back with the blue fabric. It is even more hinted at, though, in The Messenger by Lois Lowry when "The Leader" mentions were he received all his books, and mentions his past, and a sister he had. Then it is confirmed for the reader when it mentions the red sled that "The Leader" came in.

So even though they are not necessarily sequels, the three books do correspond to each other, and are within the same literary universe.

Read more: What_is_the_sequel_to_The_Giver

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Yes, there are currently two. Gathering Blue, and Messenger. Gathering Blue is practically set 6 years after the events of The Giver. While Messenger is set 8 years after The Giver.

Gathering Blue is about a girl named Kira born with a twisted leg. Though, the main characters of The Giver do not appear, Jonas is somewhat mentioned in the end of the book.

Messenger brings back all the old characters from both books. It is about Matty, a boy who can travel safely through the forest, and is named messenger. I hope this helps out!

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I actually really think that there is another book called Gathering Blue, then Messenger. If you search the Messenger up on wikipedia, they actually mention Jonas' and Gabe's name. Jonas' is the leader

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The second book is called 'Gathering Blue'.

The book is set in a dystopian society. Kira, lame from birth and orphaned as a young teenager, lives in a brutish, cruel society, where there is no room for the weak, the sick, or the different. Kira survives only because of her skill at embroidery; she is taken to work for the village council, restoring a symbolic robe that is integral to the Ruin Song Gathering, an important local ceremony. As Kira works on the robe, she searches both for the missing color (blue) and the truth about her society and the council members. With the help of two other artists working for the council, and a friend from the village, Kira finds the truth about her world and uses that knowledge to begin to change things.

The third book is called 'The Messenger'

In Village, outcasts from other places, often wounded or handicapped in mind, body, or spirit, have always been welcome. It's a simple place, but friendly and kind. It welcomed little Matty when he appeared one day out of Forest, though his abusive past had made him a thief and liar, and soon enough softened him with kindness. Taken in by Seer, an old blind man who can see what others cannot, he has grown into youth and hopes to become Messenger when he is given his adult name.

But things are changing: people are becoming less kind, and talking about closing Village to outsiders, Forest hides a malevolence that is making it lethally dangerous, and Matty is beginning to discover within himself a gift for healing that frightens him. When Seer sends him to fetch Kira from her village on the other side of Forest before Village is closed, Matty does not know if he can bring both of them safely back.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

Sorry, Jonas never got a sequel.

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The sequel is called Son.

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