The Giver

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Lois Lowry, Lowry Lois: The Giver (Hardcover, 2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Hardcover

English language

Published April 3, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

ISBN:
978-0-544-43078-5
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4 stars (1 review)

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

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4 stars

I would have loved this book had I read it when I was 12. Nice story, easy language, yet quite a bit of depth in the message. Might be the easiest introduction to dystopian science fiction for a young reader.