A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: A very special book
Review: My class fellows and I read this book by Lois Lowry 'The Giver'. The book begins very lousy, but the end is very exciting. In this book there are a few persons you should know. The first one is Jonas, the main-character. Later he will be the Receiver of the community he lives in. What is a Receiver and a community? The Receiver is like the President for a community.He knows everything and more, but this you can read in the book. The community is a little village where everything is the same for everyone.In this community you can only have two children and you cannot get them by yourself.You're really controlled and you don't have any feelings. The only person who can see colours and has feelings is the Receiver. I read this book in hope that it would be more exciting, but my vote is only 3Stars.

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Summary: the giver is a mirror of our future
Review: lois lowry creates a complete different world.in her novel the giver she shows a world in the future with no feelings and full of rules.a boy of the community gets to know the truth about his world,but defends himself against accepting it.in my opinion the giver could be a mirror of our future,if we don't pay attention.in our world there exist so many people,have no feelings and the goverment decides new laws/rules or changes them all the time. the giver stimulates us to think of our world.If we do things in the right way or not,if we have to pay attention or not to get a world which is like the one in lois lowry novel or not,... it wasn't easy for me to read the book,because of the many new words. but all in all i would that the giver by lois lowry is a very interesting book with many new views of a future world.

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Summary: A good book at first boring but to the end interesting
Review: The book "the giver" from Lois Lowry is about the twelve year old boy Jonas who lives in a community in the future. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memory and gets to know a lot of things from the Giver, the old Receiver of Memory. At first the book is rather boring, but after the Ceremony of Twelve there is a turning point in the story and the book gets more exciting. In my opinion the book is written for people of all ages and I would advise you to read the book, because you'll be shocked when you realize that the things described in the book can come true in our own society. You will read the book and then you'll see all the things we take for granted in another way.

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Summary: This was the BEST book!
Review: I absolutely LOVED this book! I'd give it more stars if I could! The ending is totally unique, but it's just perfect. I wouldn't change a word of it. A different ending would destroy the book.

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Summary: The Giver was great because it viewed life from many angles!
Review: I loved The Giver-it was an amazing read. To really better understand the book and its ideas you need to read it a few times. But even after just reading it once it leaves a big impression and makes you think about your life and how different it could be. Another great part of the book is that you could get a great idea of it and its points at any age. I know this is a book that I'll keep and read periodicly throughout my entire life. It totally deserved its Newberry Honor and I would recommend that any parent buy it for their child-and also read it themselves!

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Summary: This Book leaves a great image on life!
Review: This book is my most cherished book I own.It is such a movingbook that make you realize how one person can make the diference inlife.This book made me cry because it moved me so much. It is about a boy nameb Jonas who lives in this society were there is no pain no love atlest no feelings they can remember. At the age of twelve Jonas had gotten asgined the job of reciver of memories. Can Jonas still live in a world without feelings?

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I thought this book was really great! It kept on the edge of your seat and was filled with suspense. Perfect book for a suspense thriller to read!

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Summary: Brilliant disturbing book for any age.The ending is perfect!
Review: I am going to put in my two cents, even though there are already 682 reviews. I thought this book was brilliant. I read about 10 pages before going to bed, and then I read the rest of the book the next day. It was very powerful! I am 32, and I read it, and it blew me away! It isn't just a young adult novel. Lowry creates a utopia, and then her viewpoint character is the misfit, the one set apart within that utopia. I won't sum up what happens, because others have already done this, but if I were to teach a Science Fiction class, and could choose only a few books for my students to read, this is one of the ones that I would choose. It reminded me of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, in some ways. I have read through a few of the reviews, and they say it was a good book until the ending, which they didn't like. I thought the ending was the most powerful, poetic part of the book. The ending was perfect. It was nebulous, and we aren't sure what will happen, but Jonus has won, whatever he finds at the end of the hill. Everything doesn't have to have the hollywood, or New York bestseller neat resolved ending. And this is the end of the book - there shouldn't be any kind of sequels, because that takes away power from Lowry's ending. Pick up this book!

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Summary: The Giver is a wonderfull book. Be ready for deep emotions!
Review: This is a really great book. I would reccomend you read it several times to really understand it. It is kind of slow to start, but gets really suspenseful. I really liked this book. When I read it for the first time, it seemed scary and strange, but the second time I realized how much it mirrors our world. I would reccomend this book for anyone who really likes science fiction.

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Summary: The most fasinating children's book I have ever read!
Review: I read The Giver to my son when he was in fifth grade. We both enjoyed it immensely. I was glad to read this book to my son at that time because I could explain things to him throughout the story. He is now in eighth grade and we still enjoy talking about Jonas and how he handled becoming The Giver. It is my all time favorite book. I am an elementary teacher and plan to read it to my class someday. I have never read a book that moved me as much as this one did. Thank you Lois Lowry for writing such a fasinating book that all can enjoy.