A young man with the ability to heal people and animals lives in a village within a forest which can kill travelers; he senses that the forest is closing in at the same time as his neighbors begin to exhibit more hostile behaviors, which he attributes to their participation in a village Trade Mart.
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Placement
- The Giver — #3
- contained in The Giver Quartetomnibus
- contained in The Worlds of Lois Lowryomnibus