A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: The Giver
Review: Jonas, a 12-year-old boy and his family are living in a very odd environment. Jonas is selected for a very special job in his community. Jonas decides to run away, will he make it past the security guards? To find out all these facts and others read this book. This is a laid back relaxed book. I recommend this to sixth grade and above...This is a three out of five star book.

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This book was really awesome! It is a stunning story that leaves you enriched and curious of your surroundings. This book tells about a boy that faces his future. When he finds out what he must go through, he is unsure and not confident at all. Read this book to see how he resolves his problems!

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Summary: Must Read Novel
Review: The Giver, by Lois Lowry is a richly packed novel adventure. Lois Lowry skillfully fascinates her readers with a story that deals with real concepts such as, the meaning of life. This novel was so enjoyable because it allowed me to open myself up to new ideas and use my imagination to enter the world of Jonas. By the end of the first chapter I was so interested in the book I just couldn't put it down. I specifically enjoyed the way the author transformed the reader into the world of the main character, Jonas. The readers, like Jonas are asked to question their beliefs, dreams and uncertainties. This novel is so abundantly filled with adventure and imagination that I highly recommend Lois Lowry's, The Giver. It is an enjoyable experience that all should partake in, whether young in age or young in heart.

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Summary: A touching Novel Full of Thought Provoking Wizdom
Review: What a touching book. It shows the ultamite value of the human spirit, even in the face of danger. This book is the most touching book i have ever read, and may it's message live in the hearts of all.

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Summary: Wow! did I enjoy this & I'm an adult!!!
Review: i borrowed the Giver from the Library for my almost 12 yr. old son.His taste runs very close to mine: sci-fi, horror, mystery. While I waited for him to finish his current book, I picked up The Giver & never put it down. This is such a great story, essentially about an "awakening of the truth" that a 12 year old boy is faced with. He lives in a controlled community, is happy, it seems, until he discovers the truth about the real world while under the tutelage of an old man he will eventually replace as the "keeper of memories". I strongly suggest you read THIS PERFECT DAY, by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby). It's an adult book, reminiscent of this story. I read it every 5 years or so...It's also fantastic. The Giver rocks!

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Summary: The perfect World, or is it?
Review: This Futuristic fantasy is very creepy. A perfeect world where erery everyone has a job an assingned way of life. Only a few hold the key to the past, but give an unexpecting boy more than he bargens for. Jonas is a boy who notices he different from the rest of the people. He cannot understand why he id different till December when his placement for a job is chosen and his job is so much different from the rest. He is the RECEVER and the GIVER gives him things he wished he never saw. This book really makes you think about how different life can be and if it could ever be so perfect. I reccomend this book to futuristic thinkers and old enough to undersand the world inside this book.

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Summary: Does this book have a message?
Review: I think that The Giver is a good book because it talks about kids changing into adults. In the story at the end I think the message of the story is that the two boys are like brothers and when they leave town it is like they are leaving their house but at the end they return home safetly to the warmness of love and the goodness of returning home to your family after a long day and knowing that they are always there for you. I rate this book as a 4 because at some points it is confusing and at the end you feel like the story is incomplete. Also you wonder if you have been talking advantage of the things around us that we have that we should be glad for.

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Summary: Scary Old Man On The Front Cover
Review: This Book was ok because it would get good then it would lose your attention. I liked when Jonas found out that his dad killed the babies because he thought his dad was a pretty good guy until then. I wish his community was more like ares instead of it being based in the future because his community was way to strict. When they became 12 they got a job and started working and learning to be that person of the community. When Jonas gets called up for his award and job the whole auditorium gasps. He gets scared because he thought that it was a bad job. The job of the giver. Then he is walking into a building and going to where you recieve your training. Well at the end of his training he gets a message sent to him from the givers head to his head without talking or anything except with a touch.

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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER!
Review: I'm gonna keep this short and sweet..... The Giver by Lois Lowry is the best book I have ever read. Its one of those books that make you think, and the ending leaves you feeling fulfilled. Wonderful descriptions also. I recommend everyone, young and old read this book.

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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: I love unique books, and this one is marvelous! Although it is classified as juvenile fiction, I recommend it to young and old, male or female - it is such an imaginative story that gets you to think about life as we know it. I couldn't help thinking of Prozac while listening to this book, and how this and other drugs may be used to mask "feelings" and thus mask life, and make everything kind of vanilla. It's one of those books you want to walk around recommending to everyone you talk to, just so you have more people to talk to about it!