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The Giver

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Mass Market Paperback - 10 September, 2002
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Author: Lois Lowry
ISBN: 0440237688

Number of Media: 1

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In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.


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An Adventurous and Thoughtful Book

I liked the book Giver by: Lois Lowery because it made you have to think. The story is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a Utopian Society. A Utopian Society is a community where everything is perfect with no war or fear. Also, everyone is assigned a role. When Jonas turns 12, he gets assigned to become the new Reciever of Memory. He has no idea of the pain and pleasure that comes ahead.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes an adventurous and thoughtful story. You might also like this story if you want to read something new or different.


An Adventurous and Thoughtful Book

I liked the book Giver by: Lois Lowery because it made you have to think. The story is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a Utopian Society. A Utopian Society is a community where everything is perfect with no war or fear. Also, everyone is assigned a role. When Jonas turns 12, he gets assigned to become the new Reciever of Memory. He has no idea of the pain and pleasure that comes ahead.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes an adventurous and thoughtful story. You might also like this story if you want to read something new or different.


Go on a Journey Elsewhere While You're Reading This Book!

Jonas was just a normal kid living in Sameness. He felt no love, no pain, and had no real memories. In Sameness, that is normal. There is no color, and everyone is assigned a job and a family. People are restricted to be rude or to lie about anything. Everything seemed normal to Jonas, and he just thought that the world had always been that way. That was how life was for Jonas until the day he became a twelve. He was selected to be the next Reciever of Memory where he will recieve special training from The Giver, and in that training, Jonas will be brought into a whole new world of feeling. Although this sounds good, some of it isn't. Some of Jonas's memories are filled with sadness and pain, and one of them will reveal the awful truth of Jonas's community, where there is no turning back. Finally, Jonas can't stand it anymore. Something has to change. He must find a way to save a baby named Gabriel from an awful fate, he has to save himself, and he has to change his town. What will happen to Jonas, The Giver, Gabriel, and Sameness? The Giver is a wonderful story of love, hope, sadness, but most of all, courage. It will make you smile, cry, and you will never want to put it down. I definitely recommend it to any kind of reader, because reading this book is opportunity that you don't deserve to miss.

 

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