A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: a magical book that had a very creative plot!
Review: We were assigned to read the giver at our school. Everybody moaned cheered but I didn't know if it was a good book or a bad. So when I started the very first page I was really confused about it. So I told my brother if he could read the first page with me. After he explained the first page I understood the rest of the book. After I finished The Giver I realized that as a writer it took so much talent to be so descriptive and so emotional about your books. So if your reading my article Lois Lowry I want to tell you that your book inspired me to write.

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Summary: It is a descriptive book and is well written.
Review: THE GIVER is a wonderful book that is very well written and the plot was amazing. Instead of having books that are all based in the same time, THE GIVER was based on the future which I thought was alot more interesting. It was a real page turner and I always thought that I was in the book with Jonas, the main character.

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Summary: No ending
Review: It was o.k. until the very ending. It was very confusing and hard to understand. I personally didn't care for it.

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Summary: absoulutly the best book ever
Review: here is a book about a kid named Jonus that lives in a comunity that is far from civilavazation 1 group of people take care of this comunity Jonus been chosen to do the bigest job in the comunity every one else is chosen caretaker and other jobs like normmal jobs but Jonus is chosen as the giver!His teacher (the giver) a very smart man teaches Jonus about color,coldness,burned,and joyfullness.This book will always be in my heart.Will it in yours please read this book for all of us that strive for a new begining

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Summary: The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is an excellent book.
Review: The Giver was about a young boy named Jonus who lives in a non-realistic and boring community with no color, no music, and no acctually feelings. For his 12th birthday, he and his friends who just turned 12 as well (since everything is the same), were all assigned jobs for their future as grown up people in their community. Jonus was assigned the Reciever, the most important job in the community. He is trianed by the Giver. The job of the reciever is to recieve all of the memories and feelings of the past so that the community doenst have to go through all the pain and anguish from when there wasnt "sameness". He also recieves good things such as love, and friendship, which the community doesnt have either. He realizes he needs to go "elsewhere" and leave all of the "sameness". While he is trying to get there, he is face to face with acctual pain instead of just the memory. But as soon as he gets to "elsewhere", all of his memories will be released into the community. I thought this book was so meaningful and i totally and completely agree with the author because I think she is trying to state that peoples differrences and feelings do matter and every one cannot be the same. I honestly think this is the best book I have ever read in my life. I recomend this book for any adult and for mature children who have stong feelings for advanced and meaningful books. I loved this book!!

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Summary: A unique but boring book.
Review: The Giver started out pretty good but as I read it it really started to stink. Children of 12 and under should not read it because of lack of understanding. As the end comes it realy gets annoying.

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Summary: I read the book The Giver dy Lowis Lowey
Review: This story takes place in a community in the future. the peope in the community get their life assignement at the age of 12. None of the people in the community can see in color or have any memories of the past. Jonas, the main charterin the book is choosen to be the Reciver of memories.This jod was considered to be a job of honer. Once Jonas recives different memories he feels out of place.

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Summary: Just ok
Review: This book, The Giver, is written by the well known author Lois Lowry. She is a very talented author and has won many awards for this book. This book takes place in a "perfect" community. It is run by commity of elders. They make all the decisions for the community because they think that they will make the wrong decisions in life. When you become a nine, which is your age, you receive a bike. When you becaome a twelve you will receive an assignment which is just like yoiur job. Jonas is picked to be the receiver of memories which is a very honorable job. The giver must give the receiver the memories. Jonas gets all the feelings that he has never felt before. He desperately wants to see the real world. Overall this book was not to good. It was very hard to keep reading it.

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Summary: The Giver left me thinking about what happened to Jonas.
Review: I think Lois Lowry wrote a very fantastic book. It left me thinking for hours about what happened to Jonas and Gabriel. This is one of favorite books ever. You should buy this book.

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Summary: This book is the best ever!
Review: Lois Lowry is the author of the wonderful book, The Giver. This book takes place in the future at a small community were everything is the same. Nobody has feelings in this community either. Jonas and his family go to the ceramony were Jonas awaits his life assignment. He is sitting there and they skip his number. Jonas doesn't know what to think. After the very last number is called they make a special announcement that Jonas will get the assignment of the Giver. Eveyone cheers. Jonas learns alot about the past years. I think that this book should be read to teens all around the nation. It is a delight and it is fun and easy to read. The author did a great job and I recommand this book to everyone. Go out to your local bookstore and pick up the book The Giver!