The Giver

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Lois Lowry: The Giver (Hardcover, 2004, Thorndike Press)

Hardcover, 226 pages

English language

Published Dec. 9, 2004 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7862-7153-5
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OCLC Number:
57563507

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This novel is set in a future society where a young boy named Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect world. But when Jonas is selected to be the "Receiver of Memory" he starts to see the cracks in the carefully constructed society. The Giver won the Newbery Medal in 1994.

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Subjects

  • Social Issues - General
  • Study Guides
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Control (Psychology)
  • Ethics
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Social control