messenger

__The Messenger__, by Lois Lowry ISBN: 0-618-40441-4 c2004 169 pages R.L.- 4.9

-bottom of p. 8 through p. 9 where Matty is talking about Forest -pp. 10-11 where Matty is going to test his “secret” on a frog
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Matty, a young man, lives in a utopian society called “Village” with a blind man called Seer. Matty discovers that he has a power, like most of the others in Village, but chooses to keep his a secret until he can test it out and realize just how much power it holds. Kira, from Gathering Blue, is Seer’s daughter. She plays a minor role in this thought provoking story where this society has many secrets.
 * Summary**:

YA fiction--fantasy; Utopias; community life; healing; special powers
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