A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: The Griver
Review: This book is called The Giver. Lois Lowry wroted this book. she won the Newbery Award in 1994 for this book.This story takes place in another world that is kind of like ours.The community has rules and ceremony with are jobs or services for birth's, age's,and release's.This one kid Jonas, was excited to know what his ceremony was.He had got the most important job that the elder picked.He went to training and they gave him memories of when they live on another world. He could not share any imfromation. while being the Griver Jonas learnd terrible secrets. He wanted to stop this way of living by telling the people.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: Jonas is a boy who lives in a very strict world. Every thing has it's right time nothing ever goes wrong. This book has a very boring beginning thats why I gave it three stars but after a little it becomes really good. Jonas is assigned to the most honored job in his community(Receiver of Memory) then he will have to face a very hard training where he face happenies and pain. I recommened this book because it will make you think a little and it is still very intresting. Just don't give up at the beginning because it is boring. Just keep on reading.

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Summary: The Giver Review
Review: This is an excellent book. Lois Lowry fully and accurately describes the society with rich, pertinent detail. A must-read for any middle school student!

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Summary: the giver
Review: I think that the giver deserves five stars because i enjoyed this novel jonas is given the job of the recever. and he is receving memories from the giver. i dont know how it ends because i havent finished it yet.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: Well The Giver is a good book at first it is a bit nonunderstandable or you wont understand the crazy thing was ther community. And Jonas goes pretty much through a bungh of pain at first I the piece for kids na cause kids is just not piece between all so thats what i thought but at the end or near the end you will mostlikely understand it.So you should read it, it is pretty good. Well till later. By:::::::::::::: 1316MIGUEL

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Summary: the giver
Review: The giver is one 1 book that i think will become of the future.most likly in the next hundred years. The giver is a realy good book for people all age's will like. This is one of my favorite fiction book's. There is not love or pation in this book. One good thing about this book is that it was not boring. One bad thing about it was that none of the people wanted to feel real pian or know the past. I gave this book 3 stars.

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Summary: THE GIVER
Review: This book is about a twelve-year-old boy, in a world with out color, music, choices, or differences of any kind. Where people "apply" for children. Where people assign jobs to people. Where people are "released" when they get to old or do something wrong. The main charactor is "Jonas". Jonas can see color, hear music, and knows of the world before it became like it was presently. Jonas is compelled to change it back. The most emotional part was when Jonas was out in a field and all the kids started playing "war". The thing is, they don't even know what war is. As they're zapping each other Jonas goes into a fit because he knows what war is. I think that this book is one of the greatest books I have ever read.

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Summary: fantastic!
Review: I just read this book and it is fantastic! One reviewer recommended it for people from age 8-50, and let me say that I am over that maximum age and still loved it. "Couldn't put it down."

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Summary: The Giver is Great
Review: I thought the Giver was a great book. It has unique story. This is probably on of the best sci-fi books I have read. The book is about a boy named Jonas. Jonas lives in a "perfect" town. His town has no color, feelings or memories of snow, mountains, or anything like that. In the story Jonas gets picked to be a Reciever. He meets a man called the Giver. The Giver is a man that holds all of the memories of color, feelings, etc. The Giver's job is to pass on the memories to Jonas. When Jonas finds out all of this new information, he wants to share it to the world. How will Jonas do it? You'll have to read.

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Summary: A thought-provoking piece that's not just for kids
Review: I first read this book in elementary school shortly after it came out. The book was shocking and disturbing to me then. Now, the book provides a striking commentary and warning about and to modern society. In this age, when genetic and psychological manipulation does not seem far-fetched, Lowry's story depicts a world where a centrally-controlled, perfectionistic society proves that man cannot be truly happy and determine the most fundamental relationships of society. I highly recommend this book.