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** Synopsis: ** //The Giver// is written in the point of view of 11/12 year old Jonas. He lives in a futuristic community. In his community there is no hatred, pain, war or anything harsh that the world brings. Everyone looks and acts almost the exact same. No one has any choice in the community, when they turn twelve the group of elders assign them a job, they pick it by observing their interests and abilities. If someone wants a spouse they must apply for one, the same rules apply for wanting a child. When anyone becomes very old, they "release" them, in the society "release" is basically death, but the people in the society don't know it as that.

Jonas lives with his mother who works at the department of justice, his father who is a baby Nurturer and his 7 year old sister Lily. In the beginning Jonas is 11 and very nervous about the 12's Cermony, because that is when the Group of Elders will assign him a job, and he has no clue what he could possibly be assigned to. Jonas is different from the rest of the community, while most people have dark eyes he has very pale eyes. He also sees things "changing", he doesn't know it yet, but that change he sees is called color. The rest of the community has no color at all and the people dont even know color exists.

Once the Cermony of 12's finally comes Jonas is given a very honorable job, he is the new Reciever of Memory. The Receiver is the sole keeper of the community's collective memory. When the community went over to Sameness its painless, warless, and safeness, it abandoned all memories of pain, war, and emotion, but the memories cannot disappear totally. Someone must keep them so that the community can avoid making the mistakes of the past. Jonas receives the memories of the past, good and bad, from the current Receiver, a wise old man who tells Jonas to call him the Giver. In Jonas's Training the Giver passes on memories to Jonas. It is hard for Jonas to understand everything at first, but he soon is understanding it all. His whole world is changing. He realizes that his community is not right and he wants to bring back color, love, snow and all those good memories that he now sees. Will he be able to change his community? (If you would like to know more about the book then [|visit here].) ** Author: ** Lois Lowry is the author of //The Giver// she was born on March 20th 1937 in Hawii. She has wrote over 472 books. She currently lives in Cambridge Massachusetts. She has four children, and is a grandmother. Some other books she has written includes- //Gathering Blue//, //The messangers//, //Number the Stars// and //Looking Back//. If you would ike to know more about Lois Lowry then [|Click Here].


 * My Opinion: ** I thought this book was very good, it was interesting and kept me wanting to read it. There was great imagery and choice of words. For Example when Lowry writes "He squeezed the sponge against her back and began to rub her sharp-boned shoulders" you can see the sharp-boned shouders in your head. Thats is just one of the many examples through out this novel. The only thing I would complain about, is the fact that at times the book can be unclear and sudden. Also the ending made me angry, it ended completly different from how I had imagined.

I believe that This book made the Outstanding Book List because well it is outstanding. It makes you see things in a different way, it has you trying to imagine living in such a closed out community and the whole idea of the novel is just unique. Lois Lowry developed characters very well, and made you feel like you were living in the book, which can be difficult to do. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading page turners. "The Giver" is definently a page turner and you wont get bored.

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 * Other Information: ** I would consider //The Giver// to be in the adventure/drama genre. The books in the Trilogy with "The Giver" are also adventure/drama, so if you like //The Giver// then I suggest reading //Gathering Blue// & //Messenger// both by Lois Lowry:
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