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The Giver:
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.Price: $6.50
Published by Laurel Leaf on 2002-09-10.
Average rating (2786 reviews):
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 Rating: 9.0 |
Recent reviews:
Reviewed by Io622 on 2008-01-28: The Giver was a horrible book. It was overall a horrendous book, going in to detail about killing newborn children and old people. Not only this, but they have 9 year olds reading about a boy dreaming about raping a girl. (read more ...)
Rating: 0.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-02-26: I read this book in about fourth grade, and I absolutely loathed it. I decided to give it another shot, and once again, found it lacking. Definetely not reccomended. (read more ...)
Rating: 2.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-02-22: The Giver introduces the reader to a fictional society where nothing lacks structure. There is a time and place for everything. The extremely strict conditions in the novel awaken the reader to the nature of the world we all live in. (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-02-22: The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of the best books that someone could read. It really brings about what life would be like if everything were the same. I feel that memories are one of the strongest ideas that keep (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-02-22: I thought the Giver was a very entertaining book. The novel explores a society where there are many boundaries and diversity is forbidden. In the novel Lowis Loury creates a Utopian Society by shielding everyone from the bad. It helped me (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
Reviewed by anonymous on 2006-02-21: I thought this book was very good. Lois Lowry bring us into a very odd place, and how this place works. In this book we get to see Jonas in a changing part of his life, and we go along for (read more ...)
Rating: 10.0
