Son

　　克萊兒來自同化社區，一個沒有情緒、沒有顏色的所在。生為孕母的她，十四歲時生下一名嬰兒，由於陰錯陽差的結果，導致她還留有情感。得知兒子被喬納思帶走後，她便不可遏止的展開艱難的尋親之旅。她因船難落海，漂流到一個貧窮又和善的漁村，也在那兒找到愛她的牧羊人，可是對兒子的思念讓她寧可放下美好的歸屬，再度起程。她不惜以青春與交易大師交換兒子的訊息，翻山越嶺來到兒子所在的村落……

　　史詩般的理想國四部曲進入善惡衝突最劇烈的高潮，記憶傳承人（喬納思）、歷史刺繡人（綺拉）和象徵新生的兒子（佳比）都在此聚合。是什麼樣的天分可以逆轉交易？什麼樣的勇氣與慈愛可以阻斷邪惡勢力的擴張？

　　露薏絲．勞瑞（Lois Lowry）以她無以倫比的創意，寫下驚心動魄的結局。

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　　★勞瑞是個絕頂名家，出手不凡：時間的跳躍、觀點的轉換、情緒激動的時刻——恐懼、喜悅、哀傷——都用樸素的文筆，牢牢抓住讀者的心。把這本書送給你的孩子、你的祖母、你的國會議員、你的鄰居。這是為我們的時代而寫的政治小說。──華盛頓郵報

　　★一個母親決心找回失落孩子的慈悲，深深刻畫出這部小說的力道。──號角雜誌

　　★克萊兒的故事獨樹一格且動人。做為四部曲的完結篇，它也將所有的人物串在一起，重新再現許多令人氣憤的社會政治議題，傳達了強烈的容忍與希望的信息。讚！──柯克斯書評

　　★勞瑞的故事既吸引人又有意義，這樣的作家很罕見。──書單雜誌

　　★《我兒佳比》是這個令人念念不忘的故事的溫暖大結局，肯定是自《記憶傳承人》以來四部曲中最棒的一部。──學校圖書館雜誌

　　★這是會讓你再三咀嚼的那種書，它會刺激你去思考人性、社會與社會的未來。──青年脈動

　　★這是對同理心的力量與愛的義務的一次溫和、悲傷且深刻動人的探索。──紐約時報書評

　　★在引人入勝的開場中，勞瑞將讀者重新帶回喬納思生長的那個令人驚駭的世界。──出版家周刊

　　★露薏絲．勞瑞的《我兒佳比》是《理想國系列》四部曲引人入勝的大結局。──洛杉磯時報

　　——中文書介摘錄自《我兒佳比》，台灣東方出版

The thrilling and long-awaited conclusion to the Newbery Medal-winning Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry.

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist.

That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.

Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.

Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal-winning The Giver, as well as the companion books Gathering Blue and Messenger. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil in which a new hero emerges.

Lois Lowry is a two-time Newbery Medal winner for Number the Stars (1990) and The Giver (1994), the first dystopian novel in a quartet that includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and, as of fall 2012, Son. She now divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a 1769 farmhouse in Maine. Visit her website at www.loislowry.com.