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Son

by Lois Lowry

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The Giver quartet · Series ↗
Earliest known edition
2001
Selected edition
hardcover
Pages in this edition
394
English editions
5 ↗
SELECTED EDITION DETAILS

2012 · Houghton Mifflin · eng

BETWEEN THE COVERS

From the catalogue

Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.

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DIFFERENT WAYS INTO THE SAME WORLD

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Catalogued editions of Son
EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
SonSelectedby Lois Lowry2012hardcover394Open Library ↗
Son2014unknown400Open Library ↗
SonLois Lowry2013unknown421Open Library ↗
Son2012unknown400Open Library ↗
Son2014unknown—Open Library ↗
THE IDEAS CONNECTING THE DOTS

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/tags/OL179TScience fictionFictionMother and childSeparation (Psychology)Juvenile fictionChildren's fictionMother and child, fictionnyt:series-books=2012-10-21New York Times bestseller

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  • The Giver quartet series