A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: This was great
Review: I am acutaly Mary's son, but I LOVED this book. I have read it 4 times and each time I read it , I seem to find a deeper meaning. I love it and I highly recomend you puchase it

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Summary: A reader from North Carolina
Review: Whrn I first read this book in the 8th grade, I thought that it had no point, and was the worst book in the world because it didn't make any sense, but now my opinon is different. Recently I pick up a copy of The Giver and read it front to back. My opinion now is totally different from when I read it last. I now relized that this book did apply to our lives and it was very real. I suppose as you grow older you get a new or bigger perspective on things and the society that you are a part of is one of those things. The Giver is an awesome book, it is well written and can be enjoyed by everyone. If at first you don't enjoy it, then put it down and read it later. Circumsanctances in your life will change your view on this book.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!
Review: My name is Lindsay. I just read the book The Giver. I think it is a wonderful book. It's right up there with the Harry Potter books. I loved the plot. When I first started reading this book, I thought, This would be a good world to live in. There is no pain, everyone is polite, and you always have the perfect parents. Then, when I heard there was no colors or feelings, and the parents don't love the children, I thought, Who would want to live in this kind of world? This is a very good book, and it really makes you think! I recommand it to anyone!

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Summary: Wow, this book rocks
Review: The first time I read this book I loved it, now I've read it about 20 more times and everytime I understand a little more. The characters are life like and the setting and plot are cool. I love sci-fi and when I read this I had to have it. It truely is awesome.

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Summary: This book is excellent I highly recommend it
Review: Even though I read it a long time ago.It touched me deeply.It pointed out the views of life.And showed how harsh life can be.My opinion may not count but you should read this book.

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Summary: The Giver...
Review: I liked how this book entered you into a world that you don't know of. The rules, jobs, daily life and the mystery made you wonder. I did get confused though at times by trying to figure out all the things that some of the jobs this group of people required and the mystery of things these people didn't have like us.For example, they don't have color, black and white is all they see. I would recommend this book to the type who like curious, and "in the future" books.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: Hi my Howard Mamane and my friend Richard Bell are writing this we are in grade 6 this year. Our class read the Giver. We liked it a lot but the ending was not so well done. We think that you could of made a better ending or at least made a continuation because this book could continue for a little while and make it much better a much book. You could of writin what would happen if Jonas came back and what happened to Jonas if he died or made it elsewhere and what was it like there. I think that you are a very good other because I have read some other books of yours and they were great so I think that you could of made the ending a little better because you have a lot of talent. If it is possible, you should rewrite the ending of The Giver. I think that you are very talented. If you read this I realy apreshiat it.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: I like this book but the ending could have been better. Maybe there can be a sequel like the Return of Jonas in a different book.We rated it out of 4 stars because at the ending lost a star. The whole class read it together and lots of questions asked.The book was very descriptive and very intersting.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I thought this book was one of the best I have ever read in my life. I could not put it down. I spent hours thinking about it after I read it. I had a new understanding for life after I read it and how memories are so important. I definantly recomend that you should read this book. It dose not matter if you are 12 or 50 you will love it.

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Summary: Not Great
Review: This book has a really good plot, but at a lot of points was really hard to understand. You might say it got too "deep." I've talked to a lot of people who have read this book, and all our opinions were the same: boring! Nothing much happened throughout the story, but I should say that the cliffhangers were pretty compelling. The end was really hard to understand, too. It never explained things real well, so I had to keep looking back to figure out what was going on.This book isn't for everyone. It got into some really topics that I don't think should be in a kid's book. If you like to really get into what you are reading, you should read this.