The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry (Very Good, 2012, HC, 772 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourty)

In very good condition: cover has light wear; pages are unmarked. ISBN 9780544340978

A collector's edition with deluxe cover and red sprayed edges containing Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning The Giver plus the acclaimed three companion books in the series.

This first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume omnibus collection includes unabridged editions of the complete Giver Quartet series: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

The Giver: set in a society that initially appears to be a utopia but gradually reveals itself as a dystopia. The story follows a boy named Jonas during his twelfth and thirteenth years. In this society, pain and strife have been eliminated through a system called "Sameness," which has also removed emotional depth, individuality, and sensory experiences from people's lives. As part of a special ceremony, Jonas is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory

Gathering Blue: The central character, Kira, who has a deformed leg, is orphaned and must learn to survive in a society that normally leaves the weak or disabled exposed to die in the fields. Kira's father was thought to have been taken by the Beasts while he was on a hunt before she was born. Kira's mother had died recently from a mysterious illness. 

Messenger: Set in an isolated community, known simply as Village, it focuses on a boy, Matty, who serves as a message bearer through the ominous and lethal Forest that surrounds the community. This book also tells the fate of Jonas and baby Gabe from The Giver.

Son follows Claire, Gabriel's birth mother, who embarks on a harrowing and dangerous journey to eventually locate Gabriel. Claire is fourteen when she has Gabriel. At the end of the book, Claire reunites with Gabriel, and Kira and Jonas are married with two children named “Annabella and Matty”, to honor her two friends who died.