A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: One of best books we've ever read!!!
Review: Our seventh grade reading class was assigned this book to read. Lowry did an excellent job of describing the events so that you felt as if you were there. Our teacher blushed during the "Stirrings", and we laughed. (at her)We were all saddened when we found out what "released" meant and, we were shocked when we discovered Rosemary's identity. We had mixed feelings about the ending. Some of us liked it, and some of us didn't. However, we all agreed that it was worth the time to read.

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Summary: This book was fantastic!
Review: The book was very impacted with fun and exciting information that made you want to read more. Although it was somewhat confusing, it just made it so you'd review the pages over and over again making the parts in the book sink in.

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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: My thirteen year old son gave me this book to read, and I read it in one day. I loved it! I was surprised that it is classified as a young adult novel, when I personally think that adults or people of all ages can enjoy this book. Does anyone know if it was ever made into a movie? It should be. I think I would like to explore more of this author's work.

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Summary: Excellent book!!
Review: This book was excellent. It was a little confusing at the end though. At first I thought he died at the end, but then we discussed it in class and I changed my mind.

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Summary: This book is a thriller
Review: I liked the Newbury book the Giver because it was sad and seious book at the same time.The book was really diffrent I know I've never been in a communite that your not aloud to ride a bike till your nine.I think this book is more for adults and teenagers.

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Summary: The GIver- a book with meaning
Review: The Gover written by Lois Lowry deserves three stars. This book gives you a lot to think about. At the beginning it can be boring and slow paced but then it gets very exciting. Jonas lives in a community where there is no color and everything including your job and clothes are chosen for you. JOnas, when he is twelve is given the job as the reciever of memory. He is given memories by an old man-the giver. He gets memories of color, war sledding and many other things. Jonas thinks the rest of the community should have these memories too so he leaves the community. We are left with many questions at the end of this book and it leaves you thinking.

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Summary: "The Giver" Reveiw
Review: I think the Giver by Louis Lowery is an excellent book for school, and I would recommend it for anyone who would want a good book to read. The book starts of slow, and basically describes the community that Jonas lives in. Then, later in the book, Jonas is selected to become the next receiver after the last year's failure. The book then goes on a magnificent journey to free the community of it's "sameness" that was there for so long.

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Summary: Review of the Giver
Review: This book had a good plot. However, the author didn't do an exceptional job describing the communist-like enviorment. In the "community", where the story is set, everyone works for the good of the community. In this so-called perfect world which Lois Lowry has set the story, everyone is the same. Jonas, the main character in the story, gets his role in the community at the age of twelve along with all of the other children his age. He gets the role of reciever meaning he gets memories from the Giver. No one else in the community has the memories. As the plot thickens, Jonas tried to leave the community so that in turn the rest of the community will receive the memories. I disliked this book since it doesn't relate to our lives and the community is a fantasy world that we won't ever experience. The author also left out a lot of essential parts of the story including an introduction and an ending! Parts of the story were vague.

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Summary: A Great Futuristic Book
Review: I really like this book because it makes you think about what life could be like if everything was the same. The story is about Jonas, a boy who lives in a community where there is a condition called "Sameness". Sameness is when all people are the same. No color is seen. There is a rule for everything. When Jonas is selected as Receiver of Memory, an honored postion of the only person who has memories of what life used to be like, he learns of all the things that used to occur and do not anymore. He is unhappy, and wants to get out of Sameness and into "Elsewhere". Lois Lowry has such a great writing style and I love to read her books. She is so descriptive and she makes you feel like you're there, living the story with Jonas. I recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: How Could anyone NOT give it 5 stars?!!!!!!!!
Review: This book is one of my all time favorites. It has got to be one of the best books of all time. Yes I'm being sappy, but The Giver shows people that yes there is pain in life, but look at all you have!