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Summary: I loved this plot
Review: This one of the most creative books I have ever read.It is pretty suspenseful and is a very fun book to read. It may be hard to understand at times, or really hard to understand, but it will all come together in the end. It may be too hard for someone below 5th grade, unless someone explains it to them.It is about a boy in a very stange society. He thinks it's normal but you won't. He gets elected the new receiver of memories, and has to accept painful, pleasant,fun and disturbing memories of the "bad times" from the Giver, or the old receiver.( We are living in "bad times") Sounds kind of confusing already, doesn't it? It is guaranteed to thrill you
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book is amazing. It has the most intriguing plot of most any book i have ever read. It deals with a young boy who lives in the "perfect world"--no sickness, pain, hunger, divorce, or any of the troubles in our world. But when it is time for his job to be chosen Jonas is selected to be his community's(more like an isolated city) Reciever of Memories. Suddenly the horrible truth is revealed to Jonas- the truth of his utopia type world. This is his revelations about the world before this, and his reactions and decisions because of this. It is a book that I read every year, as I have for the past 7, because of its wonderful plot, and captivating ideas. A must have.
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Summary: The Giver Review by Bethany
Review: The Giver is a great book. I have read it twice because the first time I read it I was little and i didnt understand it. The second time i read it i enjoyed it much more, i would reccomend this book to juinor high students. It gives you an idea of what tyhe worl would be like without color and with many other differences.
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Summary: Winner
Review: If you want to read one of the best books in your life this is it! It tells how all the scary and wonderful truths about how the world really is. Jonah and the Giver will lead you in a twisted tale having you guess what happens next.
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Summary: My All Time Favorite Book
Review: I read this book a few years ago when I was in 4th grade. I am in 7th grade now. Some people think that this book would scare little kids. It never scared me. I just loved it. I do think that it is a super good book for more mature kids. I have read this book so many times that I cant count any more. I just want to say that the Giver is the best fiction book that I have ever read. I recommend it to all mature readers. This book has so much depth in it. The first time I read it I cried, it was so good. I never cry while reading (except for when I read Gone With The Wind at the end). After I read it, i later rocommended it to my friends. They all read it and said that it was the best book that they had ever read. I just want to say that it is amazing and wonderful and touching and makes you feel wonderful. Luv YA!
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Summary: fantastik new world created
Review: Lowis Lowry is magnificent. She makes her world really come true. She makes you think about the possibilities of genetic engineering. This is definitly worth a read at 180 pgs. It's fast and interesting.
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Summary: Cliffhanger
Review: I loved this book! It was slightly creepy at some parts, but you have to accept that. It is incredibly well written. At the end of every chapter, there is a cliffhanger. I had the hardest time putting the book down! If you listen to Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn", it is basically a little summary of the song. Just thought you'd like to know that. :)
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Summary: The incredible "Giver"
Review: I am a twelve year old kid, but I can still tell when something is amazing. Ever since I read "The Giver" it has been my favorite book. It is not only fabulous for kids, my whole family read it and they all loved it. "The Giver" is very entertaining. It is so full of imagination that it takes you to an other world. Once you start reading this book,you won't be able to put it down because it is so wonderful, so make sure that you got time to spare! I would greatly reccomend this amazing book to you because it was definitely the best one I ever read.
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Summary: The Giver, a great!
Review: The book, The Giver is now my favorite book. I would definetely give it 5 stars! It is about a boy named Jonas. Where JOnas lives everything is the same. There is no color, and people are assigned there jobs. When Jonas turns Twelve, he gets chosen as the receiver. THe receiver receives the memories from the Giver. I really love this book!
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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver tells the sotry of Jonas, a boy who lives in a thefuture. There is no pain, confusion, war, poverty, sickness, orsadness in this society. At age twelve, everyone is assigned a job by the community Elders. Spouses and children are chosen by the elders as well. At teh ceremony of twelve, Jonas is assigned the job of Receiver of Memory. The Receiver is given memories of the past from the Giver. The memory of every stron emotion or sensation, every tradgdy, every song, all that has been purged from the community, is held by the Receiver. It is the Receiver's job to be the one entrusted with retaining these things for the sake of the community. Jonas receives memories of pain, war sadness, love, joy, anger, fear, and death. Jonas realizes that the people who formed his utopian community had to give up feelings, choice, colors: anything that would make one person different from his fellows. Difference leads to strife. By eliminating differences, the community can exsist without any problems that plauge society. As he learns of the past, Jonas comes to feel that his society is not a utopia at all. Having experienced emotion, Jonas realizes that he cannot continue to live in the community, and runs away. The story is told in the third person, from Jonas's point of view. The message of the book is that sometimes the cure is worese than the disease. In attempting to form a utopian society, those who created Jonas's community robbed its citizens of thier humanity, For example, if a baby is born in this society that is at all "imperfect", it is killed. I really enjoyed The Giver because it is so well written that it makes me feel as if I am there with Jonas. I would give this book four stars because I do not understand what happens to Jonas at the end. The book ends with Jonas sledding down a hill that leads him, perhaps, into an imperfect community, like ours, where colors, choice, music, and feelings exsist. The ending is not clear to me because I don't know if Jonas dies, or if he really comes to a community with colors, choice, music, and feelings.
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