A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: Right up there with harry potter!
Review: although i like reading, i rarely find books that i can really get into. i loved the catcher in the rye, and some other books, but i really loved the harry potter books. i read each one of the harry potters in 1 day. but the giver was right up there with harry potter. i couldn't put it down, and although some people have said bad things about the ending, i thought it had a GREAT ending! it really made you think, whether it was in a good way or a bad way. i would definitely recommend this book!

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Summary: The book was good, but very hard to get into and understand.
Review: The beginning was hard to get into. It was hard to undertand why everything that happened in the community had to happen as a group; for instance, the way they did their age groups. Every age group that was in the communtiy had their birthday on one specific day and they called it a ceremony. It was also hard to undertsand why on every birthday they had each child received a specific thing; for examlpe, each eight year old got a button up-the-front jacket to symbolize their growing up. The bicycle, at Nine, would be the powerful emblem of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit.

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Summary: My favourite English novel
Review: When you start reading the book you do not understand anything , but then more and more the fictual world is building up in your mind. The main character a boynamed Jonas is a little bit out of the ordinary . So for example he csn see things others can't.He lives in a "preconditioned" world where people are not supposed to do their own decisions . Later he becoms the Receiver of his community . That means he will be after his training the leader of the Elders a committee that leads the community . And last but not least there is a rule for everything even for things like the age when children get their bikes . All in all "The Giver" is a very interesting novel that by the way was awarded with the Newbery Medal and other important prizes . But I think you have to make up your own opinion so buy it , read it , like it .

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Summary: beginning boring, the end is good
Review: The book "The Giver" has been written by Lois Lowry who wrote many other prize-winning books. Her book "The Giver" has also won prizes e.g. the prestigious Newbery Medal "for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". The Giver is a science fiction book. It`s about a 12-year-old boy who lives in a very perfect world in the future.At this age Jonas will get his assignment which has been selected by a committee of this community. The children don`t know what their assignment will be. The book ends very abruptly. Nobody knows what will happen to Jonas. If you ask me it`s a good book. It is very interesting to read what a world in the future could be but I don`t want to live there because everything is controlled. At the beginning it was very difficult to understand therefore it was boring. But if you had read until the middle of the book it is going to be more interesting. At the end you can`t put it away. It`s a pity that the book ends when the story is so interesting. But now you can think how it will go on with Jonas.You can choose your own end either a good or a bad one. And that`s also good. I think you must read it. This book can be read by young people and older ones. Read the book and build up your own mind and I think you will agree with me.

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Summary: New world with dark secrets
Review: The novel "The Giver", written by Lois Lowry was written in 1994, and in the same year it got the prestigious "Newbery Medal". The novel is about a twelve year old boy, called Jonas, who lives with his parents and his younger sister in a future world, where everything is O.K., or seems to be so. But when he gets his assignment, he starts to realize the lie of his society and discovers the dark secrets of the past more and more. The book has some positive and negative aspects,for example the sentences are not too long and often easy to understand and on the other hand the vocabulary is sometimes really difficult. But all in all this book is the best book I read in school. I like the plot of this science fiction story because it is not like many other films and books with aliens and starships or something like that. Maybe this story shows us the developement of ouf society in 50 or 100 years. So we should care about the future, the future of our children, so that nobody can be manipulated in so many ways and individual life won't get lost.

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Summary: It's a book about a strange world.
Review: "The Giver" is a novel written by Lois Lowry. The novel is about Jonas-the 12 year old protagonist- who seems to live in a perfect world. In the Ceromony of 12 he receives his assignment as "Receiver of Memory". During his training, performed by "The Giver of Memory", Jonas finds out about dark secrets that underlie the apparent harmony of his world. And so he runs away. 'The Giver' won the prestigious Newbery Medal "for most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" and for 'The Giver' she also received other important awards such as "The Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Award. Lois Lowry uses the I-narrator (Jonas). She describes Jonas's feelings, what he thinks and sees, she describes the minor characters, the village and other things. And so you often think, that you are a part of the book. Lois Lowry delays the excitment, and so the story gets more and more interesting. But sometimes she delays the excitment for a too long time. She doesn't only use the monologue (which is done by Jonas), she even uses dialogues between the different charaters, so that you can get what the other charaters think about important points. This extraordinary novel appeals to readers of all ages. And you can read this novel very easily and it's very exciting and interesting. I advice you to read this book. [For pupils: You can read this book in a very short time.]

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Summary: The Giver, a " perfect" world
Review: The book "The Giver" takes place in a futuristic and perfect world. The author, Lois Lowry gets an award, the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contibution to American literature for children, but it might be interesting for adults too. Jonas, the main character, lives in a far future. In this future, the people do not live in cities, no, they live in communities. Jonas goes to school and does his volunteer hours, the rules say it so. These rules can be compared with our law. If you break one of the rules for the third time, you will be released, which means you have to leave the community. One day, at the "Ceremony of Twelve" (a kind of birthday celebrity), Jonas is chosen to be the new "Receiver of the Memory". This means hard training for him and one day, during the training, Jonas finds out about the dark side of this, his "perfect world". First he has to accept these things, but finnaly, Jonas decides something, that will change his life forever. When you read the book, you will notice that Lois Lowry uses words you have never heard before or have a new meaning. This makes it very interesting to read the book, you must first understand the system and then you can understand this mysteries world. First the book contains an introduction, which is (imho) not so interesting, but then it builds up an undescribable thrill, which forces you to read on and on. Except of the introducing part, the book has no weaknesses. One of the positive aspects is, that this book was written for children, but it can also be read by adults who feel young inside or occasional readers. I can only advise you to read it. If you want to buy a book, think about "The Giver"!

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Summary: A very special book
Review: The book "The Giver" is a very good book.Lois Lowry has been awarded some prizes.It deals with the future where everything is controlled by the Elders.The main character,Jonas,is elected to be the next Receiver of Memory for the people. He is the one who received all the memories of the people like color,pain etc.But when Jonas finds out the truth about the system,he flees out of the community. Lois Lowry has shown this action in a good way,she shows Jonas`s feelings and imaginations not only in a positive way. I like this book because it shows,how the future could be.It is very exciting to read it but it also has its boring parts.But I really can advise everyone to read this book to find out some own impressions.

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Summary: Very interesting book about a new world
Review: I think that Lois Lowrys "the Giver" should be read by everyone. She describes the new world exactly and you can imagine everything. You get many information about Jonas, the main character of this book, and his life in that community, his problems etc. I dislike the beginning of this book, because it is boring but don't give up. later it becomes more and more exciting and you can't stop reading, until you reach the last page. This book is written in an easy language and because of this it is easy to understand, even for younger people. It was a great experience to read this book.

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Summary: A good book for SF-Fans, but not for me
Review: The book "The Giver" written by Lois Lowry is an ordinary English book. The story she describes is a fantastic and perhaps realistic story. The world of Jonas can be compared to other Science-Fiction books like "Brave New World". One of the negative points is the unsettled end.