A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: A No Doubt Great Book
Review: The Giver has to be one of the best books I've ever read. So let me tell you this was an incredible book! I too write stories and from what has been displayed in this one- oh boy! It's this place it takes you to in your mind-a place in which you feel you actually belong (even though the place they take you to in this book is way past bizzare). If it's a book you have to read for school or a club, then they've chosen wisely.

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Summary: Super Great Book
Review: This book kept me glued to my seat and glued to the pages.I never wanted the ending to come. This book is about a boy who grows up in a black and white world. This world is cut off from everything and is also protected from everything. Even weather. This boy starts seeing colors and is chosen by the giver to recieve lessons on what the world used to be like. He is now thrown into an adventure he will never forget. This book will also throw you into a reading experience you will never forget.

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Summary: Jonas awaits the day of his ceremony, he is in for a ride.
Review: Jonas lives in a strange town. One where this is about a rule for anything you do. (examples: you can't ride a bike until you're a 9. You can't be rude, or ask a question that might fall under rudeness.) In this town you aren't 9 yrs old, you're a 9. That's how it is with every age. Every year a ceremony is held for each age. Every year you may get something that changes you a little. But the ceremony of Twelves is the most important of them all. It is when the council tells each twelve what he is to do for his occupation. The council watches every child until the age of twelve to see what job they think fits each individual best. When Jonas is chosen as the town's new giver, he is frightened. What if he messes up like another young person did several years ago. This job is told to come with lots of pain. But, Jonas sees none when he comes to his first meetings. Then he learns of pain he has never known of, thought of, or could have ever possibly imagined. It is a struggle for Jonas. One he could have never thought up.

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Summary: Creative and Outstanding!
Review: This Book was probably my all time favorite! Very intriguing! The Giver plays with your imagination and fondles with reality. Louis Lowry is an excellent role model for young inspiring writers! A supurb book choice for all ages! It is so amazingly well written, so thought provoking! It is imaginitive and creative! A masterpiece! Read this book and you won't regret it. You really attach to the characters. Lowry really knows how to pull emotional strings. This book is a triumph! It was a joy to read!

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Summary: This book is an attention grabber!!!!!
Review: In lang. Arts i got a e my first semester but i got a 85% (B)in the second semester, because it was all about the giver! Most of my class did not even really read the book, but I did! It was amazing, it held my attention from page to page and from chapter to chapter. It is a shame that some of my peers did not bother to read this intestering book, I think it is a MASTERPIECE! As you can tell it is a very good book. I enjoyed reading it very much. Lois Lowry is amazing. Keep making great stories.

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Summary: Such a great book!
Review: This was such a good book! I never thought it would be that hard to take a break from reading it. The ending wasn't what I expected, but I think it was a good way to end it. Maybe a sequel? I hope! I would definitely recommend this book!

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Summary: The best book I have ever read
Review: This was the best book Ihave ever read. It was imaginative and thought provoking. Thouroughly enjoyable.

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Summary: The most enjoyable, addicting book ever...
Review: Lois Lowry has an incredible imagination. This book was addicting like crazy. The way their whole lives were... it kept me asking the question, "what if?". But it probably is impossible... or improbable. Oooh!! Heh... And the way she ended it when they find the normal city... or something... i forget, i read it a long time ago and i just remember i though it was outstanding. One of the best. Congradulations, Lois, you've created gold.

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Summary: One of my favorites!~
Review: I was first introduced to this book in eighth grade, where my English teacher read it to the class, one chapter a day. I loved it then, but once I read it again on my own, I was hooked. I just graduated high school, and I've lost count of how many times I've read The Giver. Every time I read it, I just can't put it down. The story is beautifully written, and the lifestyle introduced is so intriguing and unique. This is definitely one of the most interesting and touching books I have ever read. A MUST READ!

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Summary: What a wonderful book!
Review: I sat down on a long car ride deciding to read this book rather than be bored (which is what I expected to become reading the book or not). But I was NOT bored. The book was so astounding. It makes you feel sad to think of such a community ever existing. And even the people themselves being so brain-washed and ignorant to know how their "perfect life" is so controlled is a scary thought. I can read this book again and again. I definitely recommend The Giver to any reader, no matter what age.