We just back last weekend from a week's vacation in Maine. We had a great time! My husband and I are learning how to take vacations as a family--coping with expectations, stress, planning, the unexpected, and still relaxing. It was a long drive for us, which gave me plenty of time to read several books. The first one I picked up was Son by Lois Lowry. I had picked it up for a moment while we were packing and read a few pages before we left. It was hard to put it down, but I had to. Packing had to be done first. So, I was glad to get into the car and start riding. Son is the conclusion to Lois Lowry's The Giver . There are two other books that are a part of this series The Messenger and Gathering Blue. The Giver was first published in 1993 and the other two were published in 2000 and 2004. It was a fun surprise to find out that she'd written a conclusion. The book is divided into three shorter stories which link togeth...