The Giver
Lowry published "Number the Stars" in 1989, which book received multiple awards, including the 1990 Newbery medal. Lowry received another Newbery medal in 1994, for "The Giver" (1993). After publishing "The Giver", she went on to publish another three companion novels which take place in the same universe: "Gathering Blue" (2000) and "Messenger" (2004) and finally "Son" (2012), which tied all three of the previous books together. Collectively, they are referred to as "The Giver Quartet". The "New York Times" described the quartet as "less a speculative fiction than a kind of guide for teaching children (and their parents, if they’re listening carefully) how to be a good person."