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Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: The Giver is a book about everything being perfect and everything being the same. Everything and everybody is black and white, the temperature outside is always the same, and it never rains, snows, and there are no violent storms. No one ever told a lie or did something wrong. If they did do something wrong, they had to say "I apologize for my inconvenience" and the people who were present had to say, "I accept your apology." It was just perfect. Jonas, one of the main characters, is an 11. There are 12 age groups, with 40-50 people in each group. They each had numbers. Jonas' number is 19. Jonas has a younger sister named Lily, she a 7. Each family in their community has a father, a mother, a boy, and a girl. That is as big as their family was aloud to get. Jonas' father worked as a worker at the Child Care Center, where there were birth mothers and newborn babies. Then, on the ceremony day, they are given to a family on the waiting list. Jonas' dad was very worried about a little boy who could not sleep at night. He was worried because if he could not sleep quietly before the ceremony he would be released from the community. Being released was a horrible thing. One day, after school, in his free time Jonas went to the park with his friends. They picked an apple off of the apple tree and started tossing it to each other. Every time Jonas threw it, it seemed to have changed in mid-air. He did not know what he was seeing. Finally, the time had come for Jonas to move from an eleven to a twelve. When you became a twelve, you were given a job and you were to start your training. Jonas' number was 19. He was getting very anxious when the Chief Elder had announced number eighteen, Fiona. He was next. Jonas was finally going to find out what he was going to do the rest of his life. The Chief Elder was ready to make the next announcement. She said, "Twenty, Pierre." Jonas was terrified, he had been skipped. He thought it may have been a mistake, but it wasn't. After all of the jobs had been given away, the Chief Elder called Jonas to the stage. She said, "Jonas has been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory." Jonas started reading his job booklet right away, he read through the rules and he was quite surprised by the last one. It said 'You are allowed to lie.' Jonas did not know what to think, he had never lied before in his life. He started his job training right away the next day. The old Receiver of Memory put his hands on Jonas'back and he gave him all of the knowledge of life he did not have. He was happy with the good things, but he was terrified with the memories of killing and wars. But, worst of all, he found out what release was. To be released, you were taken to the Child Care Center, young or old, and you were given a shot. Immediately after that you fell limp onto the ground and died. Jonas was very upset with this. He had came up with a plan to run away. Late that night he sneaked out on his bike and biked far, far away. He had biked into a place where there was snow and rain. He had to hide from search helicopters during the day and bike at night. Jonas had not eaten in days and he was never going back to his community. He had heard a sound coming from down a hill, he did not know what it was, maybe, he thought, it was a memory the old Receiver of Knowledge did not give him. What was the sound down the hill? Will Jonas survive the snow storm? Find out for yourself by reading The Giver.
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Summary: The Giver, by Louis Lowery, is an excellent book.
Review: Jonas is going through many changes in his life. He and his friends, Asher and Fiona, have recieved their "assignments" and most are happy. Jonas, however, has been picked as the Reciever of Memory. With this assignment he must receive all the memories of the past, because in his "perfect" society, no one else can handle them. This is a story about his struggle with himself and many others
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Summary: this book was not bad, but not good either
Review: The giver was quite intresting at times but at others it had way too much explaning. After one or two times of someone explaining how Jonas felt, you just want them to shut up! I also believe that this book had a slow start, and that ,for me, isn't very helpful when trying to get into the book. I think that younger people wouldn't have a clue to what The Giver is about, so older people, such as fifth and sixth graders, should read this book. The reason i rated this book a three star book is just for that reason. I think it was too complicated for younger people and too boring for older people. This is just one of those books you have to read at just the right age to fully enjoy it.
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Summary: Boring
Review: This book was pretty boring to read. I think it dragged on too long about how he felt in the book. It was pretty much about his life in a community where they have any color. It started out boring but the ending was ok....Otherwise I hated reading this book.
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Summary: It is a interesting book for all middle school students
Review: The book The Giver, written by Lois Lowry is very interesting and great. I think that it is good for all middle school students. It has a pretty high vocabulary so younger kids might not get it unless there parents read it to them. It is a very strange book but that is what it makes it different and better. If you like strange books that you can't put down this one is for you, you never are going to want to put it down. It is about a boy this is about twelve years old that a middle school could relate to, the only difference is that he lives in a society that is totally the same, everything is the same so there is no judging. That makes it so you don't have to impress anybody. The book started off a little slow but if you keep reading it gets better and better. The ending could be better but it lets you make it up so it is kinda fun because you get to pick what the ending is. So, if you like strange interesting books the book The Giver because it is a great book.
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Summary: The book was good but lacked a good ending
Review: The book the giver was written by Lois Lowery. This book is a great book for young adluts over 13. Any one younger than that age woulent uderstand the book. The main charecter of the book is a young boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everthing is perfect. All the decisions are made for all the people in the community. They have no color, no music, they cannot pick there own jobs, there lives are controled by a Comminty of Elders. Jonas is chosen to be a reciver of memorys, the only person that knows about how things like color look like . As he learns to feel emotions like love and feel pain he feels left out of the community. The rest of the book s abut his struggle to get away from the community. I think think book lacks a good eneding but the rest of the book has many twists and suprises
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Summary: Trash from the Left
Review: This book is widely used in English class by middle schools in Southwestern Pennsylvania. I have heard many complaints from parents about the violent subject matter contained in this story. After reading the book, I find that the most offensive incident was the murder of a newborn twin via lethal injection. As newborns have no visible veins, the infant was injected in the forehead. Now if you think that this is appropriate subject matter for your 7th and 8th grade children, buy it. If you choose not to buy it, please beware that they may still read it in school. As an adult and father of four, I'm left with the impression that an adolescent would be less likely to trust their parents after reading this book. Save you money and buy a classic.
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Summary: The Giver is an excellent book for all ages
Review: The Giver is a very interesting book. It can be enjoyed by people of all ages. The book is about a world with no color,feeling,or even choice. It questions societies impact on the way we live our lives and helps us to realize how lucky we are to expericence things such as love, and the ability we have to make many of our own choices in life.
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Summary: The Best book i've ever read!!!!!!
Review: really good. You have to read it at least twice to grasp the whole situation but it's definately worth it.
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Summary: Kind of slow, and confusing
Review: This is one of those books, where you can't really tell someone that's it's good, because a lot of people won't like it. I had to read it in 7th grade, and I thought that it was really slow, and then my mum had to read it, and she hated it so much too. So, I warn you, that it really is up to you to decide if you like it or not. Understand?
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