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ザ・ギバー 記憶を伝える者はアメリカの作家ロイス・ローリーによる児童文学。 1993年に発表され、日本では1995年に講談社ユースセレクションから掛川恭子の訳で出版された。しかしその後この講談社版が絶版となり、愛読者有志のグループ「『ギヴァー』を全国の読者に届ける会」の活動により、2010年1月、新評論より島津やよい訳の新訳版『ギヴァー 記憶を注ぐ者』が刊行された。GATHERING BLUE、MESSENGERとともにThe Giver三部作を構成する。 SFともファンタジーとも寓話とも取れる内容で、カバー折り返しには「近未来ファンタジー」と書かれている。 …

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population …

Gathering Blue is a young adult-social science novel, written by Lois Lowry and released in the year 2000. It is a companion book to The Giver being set in the same future time period and universe, treating some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger, and Son in The Giver Quartet. The central character, …

Messenger is a 2004 Young-adult fiction by 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 …

Gossamer is a novel with elements of both fantasy and realism for young adults by Lois Lowry.

Meg isn't thrilled when she gets stuck sharing a bedroom with her older sister Molly. The two of them couldn't be more different, and it's hard for Meg to hide her resentment of Molly's beauty and easy popularity. But now that the family has moved to a small house in the country, Meg has a lot to accept.Just as the …

The Silent Boy was written by Lois Lowry and was published in 2003. Categorized as both a young adult novel and historical fiction, The Silent Boy is set in a 20th-century farm community. The story was inspired by a pile of photos that Lowry found and which are interspersed throughout the narrative. The story is told …