<Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1993--2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (hardcover) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Giver Quartet is a series of four young adult novels by Lois Lowry . The quartet consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004) and Son (2012). The first book won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies . The story takes place in the world of the Giver . Each book has a different protagonist, but is set in the same futuristic era . </P> <P> The Giver is a 1993 American children's novel (generally young adult or older) set in a society that is at first presented as a utopian society but gradually appears more and more dystopian . The novel follows a boy, Jonas, through the twelfth and thirteenth years of his life . The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives . Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness in case the memories that others lack are ever needed to aid decisions . Jonas learns the truth about his Utopian society and struggles with its weight . The Community lacks any color, memory, climate, and terrain; that Sameness emphasizes the utopian qualities of the Community . </P>

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