The Giver

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 26, 1993
Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
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This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.

Of course, like most people, I read this book in middle school. In light of the upcoming release of the film adaptation, I wanted to refresh my memory (no pun intended). It was just as good as the first time around; however, I realize now why it is read in sixth grade and not eleventh. It's very much a book for a young yet exploratory mind.

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