by Lois Lowry
Part of The Giver, book 4
First published 2012
Teenage Birthmother Claire is a pariah in her utopian community, the only one who can't detach from her infant after giving birth. When the baby is taken to the Nurturing Center, Claire's anguish threatens to shatter the fragile social order around her. Torn between her maternal instinct and the rigid expectations of her world, she embarks on a dangerous quest to reunite with her child and uncover the truth about the society's dark underbelly.
Genres: dystopia, contemporary, adoption, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
400 pages · Paperback · Clarion Books
Content warnings: emotional-abuse