The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry … Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. This ebook includes a sample chapter of sequel Gathering Blue.
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a great sense of reality.
Lowry builds a world that requires the reader to think carefully about what a world would look like if we imposed sameness in the search for a fair utopia.
Thought-provoking for sure. Loved it.
All of Lois Lowry’s books in this series make you think of what reality is.
One direction the world might take. Fascinating how they control emotions.
More for younger readers, but I liked it, too.
give it to me for free boyyyyyy
This book was something I never even knew could exist. It added so much suspense, and the plot was so exciting to read. I recommend this book to anyone who’s interested in dystopian worlds and how society is portrayed through our own eyes. 10/10.
I think it was a very good book, very page turner like. I would recommend it. I wish i could be in their society!
School made me read it but honestly I will never forget it. Helped get me into reading.
I love it, great book I had to read this in 8th grade for ELA calss and i got so attached that i could not look away from it.
Dystopian
The book is about a 12 year old boy (in a utopian world). The community is controlled by who they can marry, how many children they can have, and what job they can obtain. Jonas, who is coming of age and will be assigned a work position, gets “Receiver of Memory”. As he starts to receive memories of the past that other people in his community …
Beautifully written with deep moral questions to discuss over the dinner table.
This series was on my nieces school book list. I read them and was SHOCKED! Can you say HORRIBLE!!! In what world is the torture of children acceptable?? I wouldn’t let my child read this until they were an adult. Why is this even listed as a classic?
I was tricked into reading this book. Picture it, the early 2000’s. My best friend was and still is a middle school teacher. She had assigned this book to her students, and had some spare copies. She gave me a copy and told me I’d love it. And yes, I did actually love it. The slow revelations, the originality, the heart breaking strangeness of it …
I was drawn into the dystopian type world of Jonas and intrigued by the way he lived. Though the ending…..quite thought provoking??? Or just plain left hanging?
My middle-school daughter urged me to read it. A quick read for adults (it’s a middle-grade book) and gave us a lot to talk about. Was it utopian or dystopian? What’s wrong with wanting comfort and alleviating pain? Where did this community go wrong?
An easy read and quite entertaining. Well worth a weekend sit down and read