"Written with powerful, moving simplicity, Claire's story stands on its own, but as the final volume in this iconic quartet, it holistically reunites characters, reprises provocative socio-political themes, and offers a transcending message of tolerance and hope. Bravo!"
--"Kirkus", starred review

"Lowry is one of those rare writers who can craft stories as meaningful as they are enticing."
--"Booklist, " starred review

"Son is a tender conclusion to this memorable story, and definitely the best of the books in this sequence since The Giver itself."
--"School Library Journal, " starred review

"The strength of this novel is its compassionate portrait of a mother's commitment to her lost child."
--"Horn Book
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"In the completely absorbing opening, Lowry transports readers back to the horrifying world from which Jonas came."
--"Publishers Weekly
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"A consummate stylist, Lowry handles it all magnificently: the leaps in time, the shifts in perspective, the moments of extreme emotion -- fear, joy, sadness -- all conveyed in unadorned prose that seizes the heart. Give this book to your child, your grandmother, your senator, your neighbor: It's a bipartisan tale for our times."
--"The Washington Post
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"Lois Lowry's "Son" [is] a gripping end to the Giver series"
--"The Los Angeles Times
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"It's the kind of book that will stay with you for days as you wonder about what it says about human nature, society, and the future of society."
--YPulse.com

"A quiet, sorrowful, deeply moving exploration of the powers of empathy and the obligations of love."
--"The""New York Times Book Review"