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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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The Giver is about a boy, Jonas, who lives in a community where everyody and everything are the same. The people do not have choices, everything is decided for them. There are strict rules the people have to follow. When you turn 12 you are assigned a job. Jonas is chosen to be the towns next Reciever. He will recieve memories from the past before sameness, and use the memories to guide the community. During Jonas's training, he realizes what life would be like without sameness. Jonas has an important descion to make.

The Giver has been one of my favorite books for a long time. I really like how it shows another way to live with strict rules and no choices. I don't agree with every rule the community has, but there are some rules and regulations the community does that I think would help with our own lives.

This book would be a great debate book. You can have your class read it and have them discuss the differences of our community and the book's and discuss the advantages and disadvntages of the community in the book and our own community. Have the class discuss which community the prefer and why.
1 vote KeriMullins | Nov 4, 2009 |
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Newberry medal winner 1994
1 vote nkuhn | Oct 30, 2009 |
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Appropriateness: 5th + (Awesome for adults as well as children!)
Review: This book is a wonderful example of a science fiction for juvenile fiction because of it's ability to look into a future without decisions. The author uses this opportunity to explore free will and love without telling the reader exactly what to think. The reader is allowed to form their own opinion with the picture drawn already of what no free will or love might look like in reality.
Setting: The future! In today's culture we are allowed to make decisions for ourselves (within boundaries) and able to love. This book is set in a future time period when these things are not allowed or available. ( )
1 vote bknight07 | Oct 28, 2009 |
Genre: Science Fiction

Review: This is a good example of Science Fiction because it is about a society that lives completely differently from our own. The society believes in sameness, meaning every "family unit" is exactly the same, there is no free will, there are many many rules, there is no color or race, there is no lying or keeping of secrets, no one is allowed to be kept alive who is not perfect, and there are no emotions such as pain, happiness, love, etc. No one is aware of this fact except for the receivers of memory, who get all the memories from the previous reciever. They are then faced with the society that they have created and how unjust it is. The story is mainly about Jonas and how he is faced with these memories and what he does with them in this society.

Media: the cover is a photograph

Age Appropriateness: Intermediate, high school

Character: The protagonist in this story is Jonas. He lives a normal life until he receives the job of receiver, then he is faced with all of the wrongdoings of the society he lives in and does his best to do what's right to fix it and to save the life of a young child about to be murdered.
1 vote beth1219 | Oct 28, 2009 |
Fantastic book! About futuristic societies and the importance of keeping our human characteristics. ( )
1 vote abella | Oct 27, 2009 |
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Despite occasional logical lapses, "The Giver," a powerful and provocative novel, is sure to keep older children reading. And thinking.
added by Aerrin99 | editNew York Times, Karen Ray (Oct 31, 1993)
 
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For all the children
To whom we entrust the future
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It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
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His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness- and promised answers- he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: "Do you lie?" But he had no way of knowing if the answer he received were true.
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Canonical titleThe Giver
Original publication date1993
SeriesThe Giver Trilogy (1)
People/CharactersJonas, Gabriel, The Giver, Lily, Fiona, Asher
Awards and honorsNewbery Medal (1994), ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1994), School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1994), Booklist Editors' Choice, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice (1996) (show all 13)
DedicationFor all the children
To whom we entrust the future
First wordsIt was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
QuotationsHis mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness- and promised answers- he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: "Do you lie?" But he had no wa... (show all)
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Publisher's editorHoughton Mifflin
DescriptionStandard middle school book to teach empathy to children. I loved this book when I was a wee one a long time ago... It's detailed. It's short. And it packs a whopper, if you're a kid.

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Standard middle school book to teach empathy to children. I loved this book when I was a wee one a long time ago... It's detailed. It's short. And it packs a whopper, if you're a kid.

Amazon.com (ISBN 0440237688, Mass Market Paperback)

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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