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Summary: A great book for all ages!
Review: This books is truly great. It is easy to read and yet wonderfully written. You won't want to put it down because you'll be too interested in what's going on in that place? Why is everything so different? Are there no decisions? What is a giver and why is it so important?
This is one of the best books I've ever read.
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Summary: On "Banned" Book List - Reason Enough to Read this Gem!
Review: In a mysterious community where all things are decided by a consciencious committee of elders, there is no fear or want; all things are in perfect order and life is lived according to rules. Jonas, the main character has just matured to age 12, where it is decided what his life long "assignment" (profession) should be. He was not given, but was "chosen" for the assignment of "Receiver of Memories", an honer which soon proves to translate to the bearing of unspeakable pain. Jonas confides in his "boss", the "Giver", that this community they are living in is not the utopia Jonas was longing for. There had to be an "Elsewhere", a place of colors and fragrances, a place where there was love and caring. A place where families live and grow old together, rather than be "released" if they were awkward or have reached old age. The ending was not anticipated and made for beautiful closure. My 4th grade students needed some guidance as to what the book's "message" was. In hindsight I would recommend this book to children above the age of 12. This is a timeless classic, well deserving the Newbery Medal it won.*****
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Summary: This is a good book for kids who like fantasy
Review: I really liked this book. This book is pure fantasy. The people in Jonas's (the main character) community have never felt pain or sorrow. That's where the Giver comes in, he holds all those memories. At the Ceromony Of Twelve the twelve year olds get assigned a job. Jonas's job was to be the Giver...
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Summary: The Giver
Review: Its a great, well thought out book that id recomend for anyone of any age.
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Summary: Compelling yet scary Utopia
Review: This book is written for teens, and I as an adult could not put it down once I started it, I mean I sat and read it from beginning to end, no breaks. This is the only book I have ever done that with. I was facinated with the society, where everyone is given volunteer work as a older child and then a career is determined for you by a group of older members (of the society). Jonas is given an unusual assignment: The Giver. It is very secretive and he is not allowed to share his learnings with anyone. I was compelled by this society that tries to make life good for everyone but yet contains such subtle horrors: such as if a twin is born, one must be killed! And then there is what is revealed to Jonas through an old man called the Giver, that Jonas didn't even know about love (amongst other things!) I recommend that if you haven't read this yet, READ IT s it is a quite facinating and different book.
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Summary: An amazing story.
Review: The story of Jonah and the Giver is one to be handed down through the generations. Reading this young people is a great way to realize that they have not been completely brainwashed by MTV and cable television. Teens delight in the suprises and discoveries that are revealed while reading The Giver. A wonderful book that will last throughout the ages.
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Summary: excellent sci-fi book
Review: This book,as distrubing as it was, was an excellent sci-fi book that, though odd, makes us all see that there is not, on the Earth we know, a place where everything is perfect as we can not know true happines or pleasure without first expiriancing pain and suffering. Jonas makes me think more, though this is a reach, more about the freedom of choice, for in the Community, there is none. The book striked as a powerful reminder that there is not a better world than that the one we live in, for there would be no happieness if it were the same as the Community, and no feelings. Without feelings, we are not human, and the people in this book scared me that some day there really may be a place that comes around here or in some other life where there are no feelings, color, or, most importantly, love. I also recommend, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and The Price of Immortality (AWESOME BOOK)
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Summary: Giver of all things
Review: Set in a culture that has been genetically chosen to represent Sameness, freedom is a word that cannot be understood. A committee makes decisions regarding a person's clothing, job, spouse and even children. These people know no other way of life and so do not question it. They are unfeeling drones in a world designed to eliminate pain, embarrassment and any type of negative emotions. In doing so, the positive emotions have disappeared as well. A young boy is chose to be the successor of the one person who does have the knowledge of what life was once like. They become lockboxes of this wisdom that cannot be shared, only transferred. Through their transmissions and discussions they idealize to share both love and pain with the Community and therefore forever change them. This book brings up a lot of issues for preteens be-ginning puberty. The Community could be a metaphor for a child's life before he opens his eyes and starts to experience it for himself without being protected from anything that could go wrong. Why 4 stars?:
I feel this is a wonderful piece of literature. However, I took one star off because teachers and parents must be incredibly careful when introducing this book to children. I have seen it used as young as fourth grade, but it is so intense and brings up so many issues about life as we know it (and don't know it yet), that it takes a very mature audience. It should only be used with close supervision and guidance.
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Summary: Pretty Good-- 3.5 stars to be exact
Review: I read this book about a year ago and I thought it was good. I thought it was very interesting to see what the author thought the future could be like (for instance how the married couples are assigned to each other by their interests instead of falling in love). I liked the small twist at the end and would recomend this book for people who like science ficton as well as anyone who enjoys an easy-to-read and interesting book.
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Summary: The Best Book No Matter What
Review: Personally I think this book is fantastic. Instead of focusing on a personality-free world, as one of the other readers might have thought, it actually shows that we need a bit of everything to keep the world going. We need war, and we need rebels. We need conflict and we need pain. We will always need change, and, like the book says, we will always need love, no matter how corny that sounds. This really is a great book, so I strongly suggest that you should read it and/or reread it.
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