Son

Imagine living in a world where everything is plentiful, food and housing are provided, you even get to choose your life partner and each family is assigned one or two children. But who's having these babies? < br> < br> When Claire turns twelve, a special committee chooses a profession for her: becomes a parent. At fourteen she gives birth to a "product", a son. Local custom has the boy growing up in a foster home, but Claire can't forget him and finds a way to see her son. But then someone kidnaps him and Claire, desperate, jumps on a boat at the last minute to take her to her son. But the ship is wrecked... The sea washes Claire ashore and she remembers nothing. The inhabitants of the nearby village take her in and for the first time in her life the girl experiences warm human belonging, learns to know colours and discovers the natural world. None of this existed in her former life. When her memory returns after some time, she sets out to find her child again. Nothing can stop her now. He'll sacrifice anything for his son..; br> < br> In the final volume of the famous tetralogy begun with the iconic The Giver, we meet again Jonas, Kira and the Handyman, characters that were the subject of the previous volumes of the quartet - but each volume tells a separate story. The donor received, among others. The John Newbery Medal and its translation rights have been sold to 41 countries. "The Son is a sensitive conclusion to an unforgettable story and, after The Giver itself, undoubtedly the best book in the series." -School Library Journal, starred review < br> < br> "Lowry is one of those rare authors whose work is as weighty as it is compelling." -Booklist, starred review < br> < br> "A book that impresses with its impressive simplicity. Claire's story stands on its own, but as the final installment of an iconic tetralogy, it reunites characters from previous installments, revisits provocative socio-political themes, and delivers a timeless message of tolerance and hope. Bravo!" -Kirkus, starred review < br> < br> "It's the kind of book that will stay with you for days and make you think about what it says about human nature, society and the future of humanity." -YPulse.com < br> < br> "An unspectacular, melancholic, deeply moving meditation on the power of compassion and the responsibility of love." -The New York Times Book Review