Two-time Newbery Medalist and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner
The third story in Louis Lowry's iconic science fiction trilogy.
Another masterpiece in the youth novel genre, following the classics The Giver and The Blue Collector.

"is it so.
It's not the child's real name, but he needs his talent now.
“The power to save the world.”

In "The Giver of Memory" and "The Blue Collector," he presented two models of the future society facing humanity, and in his final novel, "The Messenger," he warned us of the dangers while also attempting to somehow "cure" the ills of our world.
_ From the translator's note

■ A symbolic message about the future society from Lois Lowry, a master of youth literature
The new work, "The Messenger," by Lois Lowry, a master of youth literature, has been published by Biryongso.
Lois Lowry, who is well known for her works such as The Giver and The Blue Gatherer, which have already become classics in young adult literature, is a world-renowned American author who has won two Newbery Medals and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Her new work, 『The Messenger』, which follows the two previous works that are familiar to domestic youth readers, can be said to be her representative science fiction trilogy.
In three novels, she sets up a fictional society of the future and invites readers to consider the possibilities and implications of that society, which may one day come.
"The Giver" depicts the dangers of pursuing perfect ideals in a thoroughly controlled society that prioritizes order and stability, "The Blue Gatherer" tells of hope in a barbaric society rife with violence and oppression, and now "The Messenger" encapsulates and symbolically depicts the best of both worlds, dreaming of a way to heal the world.