The Messenger is a "companion novel" to everyone's favorite eighth grade read, The Giver. This is actually the third book, the second being Gathering Blue. The Giver centers on Jonas. Gathering Blue centers on Kira, but seems to be out of nowhere; the stories are related in that they have a few similar ideas. But it all comes together in The Messenger.
There is never a direct reference to The Giver, but Lowry leaves the reader to connect the dots. I absolutely love this about this "series." I get tired of books that recap what happened in previous books, as so often it in done very poorly.
(I always think of the Twilight series when I reference this; it really is just awful)
I finished this book last night, but couldn't write about it, as the ending was unexpected the way that it happened, and I was so wrought with sadness that I just went to bed. Despite my emotion, I highly recommend it. There is a fourth, Son, in this "quartet" series, so I'll have to get my hands on that pretty quickly. 
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