A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: My Absolute Favorite Book!!!
Review: I checked this book out from the Library by chance and LOVED it! I normally hate Science Fiction but this book, taking place in a science fiction world, was very good and you could easily visulise what was going on. The book makes you appricate the little things in life. I immedately recomend this to anyone who asks, and to all my friends.

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Summary: This book is deffinately not meant for children!
Review: The Giver while deffinately not a dry and boring book should not be included in the children's reading category. I have been doing an independent study on Newberry Award winning novels at my highschool and I must say that I can not figure out how it was chosen when it does not fit the criteria. The topics of suicide, murdering of children, and profanity would scare any child!The adult book has been disguised as a child's and should return to the proper placing.

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Summary: Lots of questions
Review: Although I like suspense and thrills, this book left me with too many questions and really left me unsatisfied. They never really focused on one thing or went into description on what I thought were some very important issues. It is "The Truman Show" and "Pleasantville" combined.

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Summary: This is a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I had to read this book for school. What I expected was a dull and boring book but, what I got is much different. I've never read a book like this before. When you start reading it the author slowlys starts to draw a picture of what this place is like and made me wonder is this what could happpen in the future? It isn't such a bad idea in someways. But, I not saying I would want this to happen. After reading this book is still making me think. I think if your taking this much to read these reviews you should read the book.

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Summary: A "What If" Future
Review: I had to read this book for a book report, and my teacher didn't like it, but I thought I'd give it a try. I loved it!!!!! I read it threee times before I had to give my book report. I thought it was wonderful!!!!

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Summary: A Book that makes you ponder....
Review: I really think this book is one of the finest Lois Lowery has written. She is an unbelieveable author who really puts it all into her work....you can tell. This book was read to me in 5th grade by my teacher and I have fallen in love with it. And no, my teenage mind is not corrupt from " An adult book disguised as a children's book" ( as in a previous review) I could handle the subjects in this book when I was 10, and I think this book has made me realize how lucky we all are, and what we have that makes this world so special. True, it's a little boring at the beginng (I'll admit to that- I would fall asleep with my head on the desk), but believe me, the reward of a good book you can't stand to put down is worth waiting for.

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Summary: My favorite book...
Review: I read the book the Giver in third grade and read it over and over again. This book makes me appriciate the little things in life , such as colors and snow. This book is complicated, but if you reread it the end refers back and means so much more the second time around. The book is touching and amazingly written.

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Summary: The Giver is my favorite book.
Review: I really liked this book. I must have read it a million times since I was in sixth grade and we had to read i for school. I also read it faor a book club. Most of the kids in the group liked it too. The very begining is a little confusing because there were a lot of terms I hadn't heared before. You just have to be patient and lok for details and its easy to figure out. I was eally surprised about the color. I should have guessed though. Why else would he have been talking about the shade of things and not the color. I was a little surprised about the release but I new it couldn't be too great. Why else woud they make so big a deal about it. Some people might find some parts offensive, but I dont. It's a great book.

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Summary: One of the best books I've read.
Review: The book may start off slow but if you like those "Brave New World" type books this one is a keeper. The story centers on a "perfect" society where there is no pain, hunger, unemployment, or love, and emotions. If a Group of Elders sees anything as obsolete, getting in the way, they get rid of it. A twelve year old boy is given the job as "Reciever of Memories" and is supposed to keep the knowledge of the world to himself so no one will ever question the way things are. But when he finds out the truth he and the Giver, the one who gives him the memories, form a plan to release the memories back to the population. While I won't give away major plot points to this story, I will say that I found some of the images disturbing. "Brave New World" and "1984" are better books but this one is the best Utopian/distopian books I've read in a while.

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Summary: Loved it
Review: I really really liked this book. There has been only a few books that have touched me in a way that this book did. I thought that the author has a wonderful creative imagination and I would have never thought of it in a million years.