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Loading... The Giverby Lois Lowry
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Member recommendations:FFortuna recommends The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, "The Giver is much darker, but are similar in premise." afyfe recommends Brave New World by Aldous Huxley jbarry recommends The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, "futuristic take on biomedical ethics and mindbendingly complicated relationships" chrisharpe recommends Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, "I see I am in a minority but, although the idea behind the book is a good one, The Giver struck me as quite clumsy. A much more effective exploration of (see more) similar themes is Huxley's "Brave New World"." Nikkles recommends The Unnameables by Ellen Booraem ( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )
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.(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:50:32 -0400) |
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