<P> Messenger is a 2004 novel by children's author Lois Lowry . It forms the third installment of The Giver Quartet begun by her 1993 Newbery Medal - winning novel The Giver . This novel takes place about eight years after the events of The Giver, and about six years after the events of Gathering Blue . Characters from the two earlier books reappear in Messenger, linking the novels more strongly . Set in an isolated community known simply as Village, this novel focuses upon a boy named Matty, who serves as message - bearer through the ominous Forest that surrounds the community . This book also tells us of the fate of Jonas and Gabe, from the first book The Giver . </P> <P> Son is the fourth and final book in The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry, which follows Claire, the birth mother of Gabriel from The Giver, and her journey to locate her son . </P> <P> A film adaptation of the first book was produced by The Weinstein Company and Walden Media . It was released on August 15, 2014, and starred Jeff Bridges as The Giver, Brenton Thwaites as Jonas and Meryl Streep as the Chief Elder . </P>

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