I love the Giver, also I like her book Counting the Stars. Both of these I read aloud to my 4th graders.
The thing that bothered me about the end was how it just sort of stopped. I kept wondering did he die? Was is a mirage? Was that a new family? Then in Messenger they don’t really pick up the story, but it lets you know what happened to Jonas. I’m trying to be vague in case anyone is reading or wants to read it.
Messenger I didn’t like the ending because I didn’t want that to happen even though I saw it coming. LOL
I really love the audio version of The Giver. You know how you can’t imagine anyone but Jim Dale reading the Harry Potter books? That’s how this The Giver audio is, too.
For years they have been trying to get it made into a movie, but it hasn’t worked out yet. At IMDB, it just says, “Pre-production, 2011.”