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Summary: The best book ever
Review: I started reading The Giver because my dad said I had to read for 2 hours before I could go on my computer. My teacher recomended it so I went to the library to get it. And wow! I did NOT make a mistake in reading it! The Giver is a book the may seem like fantasy (because it partially is) but its not like the magical world of Harry Potter type fantasy. The world that Jonas (an almost twelve) lives in is one without love, crime, warfare, and feeling. Sameness has taken over. Jonas's community is the only place he knows about. But with the help of the Giver he realizes there is elsewhere.
This book is one of the best books ever! READ IT!
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Summary: A moving, timely book
Review: Jonas lives in the ideal community, or so it seems. Everyone seems so content and safe. Doors are left unlocked, even during the night. However, Jonas soon finds out that there are sinister secrets lurking behind the pleasant veneer of his community. Can he save himself before it is too late?The winner of numerous awards, including the 1994 Newbery Medal, this book expertly draws in the reader. Author Lois Lowry sprinkles forboding hints throughout the story as more and more clues are doled out. This thought-provoking book leaves the reader speculating the outcome even after the ending. This is the kind of book that I could read again and again and never forget. It also contains an important lesson to society - security comes with a price.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: Like many other students, I was assigned to read The Giver two years ago, when I was in the seventh grade. I figured it would be like all the other stories that students are often required to read - boring, meaningless, and leaving the reader nothing but a feeling of gratefulness that the book is finally complete. However, I immediately knew that The Giver was different. Many stories, especially those assigned to students, are hard to get involved with, but I was intrigued with the Giver right from the beginning. It was almost addicting, and gripped me from the provocative beginning to the vague but suspenseful finish. Since we had only a classroom set of The Giver, we were not permitted to take a copy home, so when I went to the bookstore that weekend I sneaked a peek at the chapter to come. When my younger sister, now in seventh grade herself, was given the same assignment, I couldn't help but to take her copy away from her and read it again. Two years later, I continue to be impressed by how Lois Lowry's tone drives you to become part of Jonas' community of Sameness, helps you to experience the memories he receives, and even causes you to feel his joy, his wisdom, and his pain.
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Summary: unexpected
Review: As I received The Giver I expected another book like all the others that were required for school- boring and useless. Over this christmas break we were told to read the first 10 chapters and even though I'm a person who loves books I reluctantly picked up the giver on friday night, the first night of our break. Surprisanly, after the first few chapters, I could not put it down, and even though my teacher asked us not to read any further, I finished the entire book in one sitting, as I was too absorbed in it to put it down. The Giver teaches life lessons that are sure to grap your heart.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a community with no interest, no color, differences, no hatred, and the loss of freedom. Jonas, a 12 year old boy who has no jolt of excitment in his life becomes the reciver of memory, the memoey that shows him color, interest, and freedom. The Giver gives Jonas the memory of sunshine, light, and excitement. Gabriel, Jonas's brother, is just about to become "released." Jonas then realizes that he needs color, excitement, and freedom in his life, so Jonas takes Gabriel and runs away to a better place, a place where they can be free.
The Giver over all was an exciting book for all ages!
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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver is a fast paced thrilling adventure book. In this book Jonas, a twelve year old, is living in a black and white world, literally. No one has memories of anything. They just say"I love you", without meaning it. In this community, war and conflict have been eliminated, at the cost of their individuality. All memory of the past is held by the Giver who keeps them in a giant library. Jonas becomes a helper of the Giver. He and Jonas both collect memories and learn a lot about each other. Near the end Jonas escapes with his little brother Gabriel who was supposed to be sacrificed because he isn't perfect.
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Summary: The Giver; a literary masterpiece
Review: THE GIVER *****
This literary masterpiece received many awards, including the "1994 Newberry Medal" and "A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year." Author Lois Lowry did a marvelous job interpreting a life without color, happiness, pain and love. The Giver proved to the world that Lois Lowry is an exemplary, inspiring, and prodigious writer. Jonas is a child that resides in a world not affected by pain, but yet lacks the feelings of warmth and happiness. When Jonas turns 12, he and the other children of his "Grade" receive the jobs they will work in the rest of their lives. While most children get chosen to work in jobs such as taking care of the elderly, Jonas gets chosen to fill in the shoes of the Giver. The Giver is the only man in the town that holds memories of intangible objects we see and express. Now the former "Giver" shall pass on his knowledge to Jonas. Will he not be able to take on the intensity and the transition of the life he will be entering, or will he learn the truth, and realize that even expressing pain, is better than expressing nothing. I encourage the reader of this review to fill your mind with the great lessons and passages this book has to offer, or read her other books, such as A Summer to Die or Find a stranger, say goodbye.
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Summary: The Giver; a literary masterpiece
Review: THE GIVER
*****
This literary masterpiece received many awards, including the "1994 Newberry Medal" and "A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year." Author Lois Lowry did a marvelous job interpreting a life without color, happiness, pain and love. The Giver proved to the world that Lois Lowry is an exemplary, inspiring, and prodigious writer. Jonas is a child that resides in a world not affected by pain, but yet lacks the feelings of warmth and happiness. When Jonas turns 12, he and the other children of his "Grade" receive the jobs they will work in the rest of their lives. While most children get chosen to work in jobs such as taking care of the elderly, Jonas gets chosen to fill in the shoes of the Giver. The Giver is the only man in the town that holds memories of intangible objects we see and express. Now the former "Giver" shall pass on his knowledge to Jonas. Will he not be able to take on the intensity and the transition of the life he will be entering, or will he learn the truth, and realize that even expressing pain, is better than expressing nothing. I encourage the reader of this review to fill your mind with the great lessons and passages this book has to offer, or read her other books, such as A Summer to Die or Find a stranger, say goodbye.
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Summary: my feelings
Review: i think that the book was good because it makes you think if we had a commuinty like that you would not know how to act because of a word call (SAMENESS).that means that every thing is the same the same color and houses and everthing read it it makes you think
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Summary: The Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: Lois Lowry's The Giver, which one the Newberry Award,is a well written cliffhanger that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
In a world without color, music, weather, or memories, eleven-going-on-twelve Jonas lives in his perfect community with his family and friends. Once the children turn twelve in this community, they are assigned their job for the rest of their life.
Instead of being assigned to a job, Jonas is chosen as the next Reciver in his community. The Reciver is the most honored man in the community. It is with the Reciver while Jonas is learning to be a Reciver that he learns of things he has never known before- color, music, weather, and the most important, memories that he realizes that his "perfect" community isn't as perfect as he thought.
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