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A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: State of Emotions
Review: A review by Kaytee

The Giver is a novel set in black and white talking about the color of emotions. This book is focused on telling the world how there should be no hate, no crime, no hurt or pain. It also describes everyone being happy and living a cheerful life, as we all know, that's not how it is in this world unfortunately. A young man given the name Jonas was given the chance to become the quote on quote "Receiver of memories." As he turns 12 years old he's known as The Giver. He sees everything in a good way but realizes how much of a difference there is in the world.

I didn't enjoy reading "The Giver" at all. The beginning of this book was so boring, and didn't catch my attention one bit. But as a read on and on I would get more into it. But soon enough it would lose my attention again. The beginning was a little bit strange at some parts. Towards the middle I enjoyed a lot! I think it is because that's where all the action is, and the ending, well, let's just say the author really lost me there! I think this book deserves two starts because it's that kind of book that can catch your attention at some points but others you just feel as if you don't want to read it anymore. Hopefully next time we choose a book to read I'll know its one I actually have an interest in.

I strongly do not recommend this book to a young adult. I think this book should before mature audiences because he talks about injections as well as his love for a lady. I don't think that should be allowed for a 9 or 10 year old.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fabulous Read...The Giver
Review: This book hooks you from the beginning and you don't want to put it down! Every reader cheers for Jonas as he finds free will, yet your heart aches for his not being able to use it. I only gave it 4 out of 5 stars because I thought the ending was severely lacking. The conclusion came too close to the climax of the book. I just like to KNOW the ending of a book without drawing a million conclusions out of imagination. Still a must read book:)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Giver
Review: I thought that "The Giver" was a very good book. I liked it because it kept you thinking a lot and was very interesting and exiting. The part I don't like is the confusing words and sentences it uses. I also don't like how it lets you decide what happens at the end. I would have liked it a lot more if it would answered the questions that you would want to know when reading a book, like what the noises were when they were sledding down the hill and where they sledded to etc.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Review of the book "The Giver"
Review: The novel "The Giver" from Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community. In the community there are no colors, no animals, no seasons and no hills. When Jonas is selected as the new Receiver he sees that nothing is so nice as it seems. He and the Giver want to change the community. And for that they plan Jonas escape.
The novel is very excited and it makes fun to read it. It is an unrealistic story.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Unforgetable
Review: this is the best book i have ever read. Its perfect.You have to read it. You will never forget it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: My name is nish and i hate this book!!
Review: This book had foul moments of terror! I read it to my brother Ackmed and my 5 cousins Hockmoud, Backmoud, Ockmod, Mah, and Dod. They are 7 each of them are 7 they were scared of the book! I do not reccomend this book to anyone!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Strange Job in a Strange World, but a Great Book.
Review: I reccomend this book for the most part, however, it is kind of hard to understand this world until you really get into the book. Nevertheless, it is, no doubt, a good book in the long run. I enjoyed reading it and reccomended it to almost all of my friends, who reccomended it to a bunch of their friends, too! It is pretty neat how Lois Lowry invented this world; I don't think I could've ever thought of something like this! It is amazing!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver was an amazing book that really made me think about all the choices that people have made that have gone ary. In the future the people of earth have given up love, sex, color, music, and the right to choose your own job or have memories. The people each year at the ceremony of twelve which is when the children get their jobs they choose a giver. A giver holds all the memories and can see colors and hear music. Also they are the only people besides the people who perform the release to know the truth ( release is instead of death you'll have to read the book to find out what it is). The book really makes you think and can jog your mind about the future.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I Just Couldn't Stop
Review: This book starts out in the twentieth century just like us. Everything in their own little world on earth is the same. There is complete control over everything and everyone. No one in their community has any choices of what they can do or what they can feal. They have lost it all and only one person in their community is holding all of the memories to advise their town on choices that they may have. HIs name is the Giver and he starts to pass on the memories to the new reciever named Jonas. Jonas experiences happy thoughts and pain that he has never felt before. As he recieves these new memories he relizes that this isn't the way to live and he tries to change it. Jonas and the Giver come up with a plan to send back all the memories to the community so that everyone can feal happiness and pain again.

I give this bok a four out of five stars. The author cought my attention and held onto it though out the whole book. The author did a good jod with not going into deep detail. She was very concise though out the book. SHe explained the characters with good detail and the setting of the book. I would spend hours reading and telling myself, "just one more chapter". The only thing that bugged me a little was the ending. They got me all worked up in the end and i really wanted to find out what happended next but the author ended it kind of in a funny way. After i was done I wished that she had written more and not ended so soon. That ending bothered me for awhile and I had to read another book to get that one off my mind. I recommend this book to all ages.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: this is a great book
Review: Jonas worls is perfect. He has everything he needs. His freinds are always there for him there is no war no pian no fear. everything is peace. One day jona turned twelve he is assigned to recieve special traning from the giver a person that has memories of the past true pain. The giver thinks its time for jona to reciece the truth about his live. There is no turining back.


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