A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: The ending was FINE!!!!
Review: I am thirteen years old and in the 8th grade. I really love the Giver, even though I read it two years ago! It was very compelling and interesting, and it never became slow. There were unexpected turns in the plot at random spots, which I love. And though the ending was different, it was a unique ending for a unique book; a "happily-ever-after" ending would dillute this type of novel. Although I enjoyed the Giver immensly, I feel a sequel would dillute it. To me, the ending preserves the readers right to make choices, which was the main theme in the Giver.

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Summary: Lois Lowery's "The Giver", is a wonderfully written book.
Review: As I came upon the book "the Giver", I was a little reluctant to read a grade level 7 book, I decided to anyhow.I was utterly surprised at how much the book exceded my expectations. I found it to be,as I put above,a wonderfully written book.I loved every page of it. Although the vocabulary was limited,I still found to be intellectually stimulating and easy to follow. For me the ending was confusing but I liked it anyhow.For me Jonas didn't die but had one of his wonderful " memories". For those of reading this I know you have probably read the book many times,I urge you to read it again.

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Summary: I think that this was the most awesome book ever written.
Review: I am in the seventh grade and have read this book three times. Each time it was a little better. Our teacher read it to us and everyone in the room groaned aloud. After we were done, they all thought that it was a really good book. I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoy's a good book now and then.

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Summary: Very Good
Review: I just recently read this book for school and I did not want to read it. The first time I picked up the book I couldnt put it down. I think its a great look at how the future could become if we continue trying to make a controled enviroment for americans. Its also just a great little story and kept me reading which is hard to do because i hate to read. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes to finish a book and feel really good after their done.

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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: I first heard this book when my teacher read it to the class. I found it to be >THE< best book I have ever read. I first hear of how good the community in this book is,but I become shocked by the freedoms denied to it's people. When Jonas finds out, he feels as if the life he had experienced was just a lie. When he decides to leave, he takes a young baby named Gabriel with him. Going on a long journey filled with never-ending pain. Yet, at the last parts he feels the best joys he has ever experienced.

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Summary: A great book that ties reality into fiction
Review: This book is a wonderfully written book about a boy named Jonas who is in his final stages of growing up. This is when he finds all about his assignment of life which all the elders have carefully selected. Jonas then finds himself the "chosen one" and he is one of the only ones. He is called the reciever and he is taught by the old one or the Giver how to see the past present and future.

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Summary: Another Theory of the Ending
Review: I have pondered about this book along time and I have come up with my opinion of the ending. I think he went in a circle. When he left the community all his memories stayed in the community and he came back to his old memories. The sled was where it was in his dream, It was December (ceremony time, but because of his memories ceremonies are gone) which is winter-snow, It had the lights and tree as in his dream of "love". I also think he may have died.( Some think your happiest memory comes to you when you are about to die and that was Jonas's happiest memory.) There is a paragraph that says "He got off and let it (his bike) drop sideways into the snow. For a moment he thought how easy it would be to drop beside it himself, to let himself and Gabriel slide into the softness of the snow, the darkness of night, the warm comfort of sleep" which I think (I'm only 13 gimme a break if it sounds stupid) refers to death, that he wanted to die and when he fell to his knees he had done so and dreamed his happiest memory from there on.

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Summary: A Wonderful Book!!!!!
Review: I'm a 6th grader in upstate NY, and had this book recommended to me by my librarian. Thank heaven!! I think that this is a great book that any middle schooler should read. The only reason that I did not give this book a 10 was that I thought that it overstepped the bounds of good taste when it talked about Rosemary being 'released'. I hope that you will enjoy this book as much as I did!

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Summary: Making You Think
Review: This book does a brilliant job of showing us what the future could become if we controlled people enough. It showed each side of freedom of choice. I really loved it.

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Summary: The Giver is a thought provoking book.
Review: I used this book as a literature set for my 7th graders. It was a great book ! The kids really "got into" the ramifications of a world with total equality. I would even recommend this book to high school students. The Giver is thought provoking. A worthwhile read. It forces the reader go beyond passive reading.