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The Giver Graphic Novel
Series: Giver Quartet
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"A first-rate visual reframing: sensitive, artistically brilliant, and as charged as its enigmatic predecessor with profound challenges to mind and heart." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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The Giver is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time. Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations.
Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than forty languages, and made into a feature film, The Giver is the first book in The Giver Quartet that also includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
In this new graphic novel edition, readers experience the haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas and his seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment through the brilliant art of P. Craig Russell that truly brings The Giver to life. Witness Jonas's assignment as the Receiver of Memory, watch as he begins to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community, and follow the explosion of colour into his world like never before.
AGES: 12 plus
AUTHOR: Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honours, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine.
Series: Giver Quartet
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The Giver Graphic Novel
The Giver is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time. Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations. Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Messenger
The third book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver. Trouble is brewing in Village. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village's...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Son, 4
The thrilling and long-awaited conclusion to the Newbery Medal-winning Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry. They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colours didn't exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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The Giver Graphic Novel is praised for its artistic brilliance and sensitivity, successfully creating a new representation of the original story while maintaining its profound emotional impact. It blends art and text to introduce the narrative to a new audience and offers a fresh experience to existing fans. The imaginative use of colour and illustrations adds depth to the story, making the memories more impactful. It's considered an accessible introduction to Lowry's classic for newcomers and a revitalised experience for long-time readers.
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ISBN: 9781328575487
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 April 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Clarion Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by P. Craig Russell
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 411g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. P. Craig Russell is a renowned artist of comics and graphic novels. He illustrated the graphic novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book. www.artofpcraigrussell.com.
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