The Giver

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Summary: i recommend the giver
Review: the giver is one of my top ten books. i read it first when i was in fifth grade, and every year I read it at least once. it really makes you appreciate the society we live in now. the ending is left unexplained, and it haunts me when i finish reading. this books will make you think..it is sad and creepy. But I recommend this book to everyone!

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Summary: Really good book!!!
Review: The Giver is one of the best books I ever read. It's about Jonas, a boy who lives in a world without color or feelings. One day he gets his new job that he has to train for and it is Receiver of memories. Jonas has to receive all the memories of a past world with color, feelings, and love. All these memories start him thinking about how horrible his world really is. This book made me think of how lucky we are to have feelings.

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Summary: The Giver is a fabulous book!
Review: The Giver is one of the best books I have ever read! It has a very good plot and a lot of suspence. Lois Lowry, the author, did a great job!
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a "perfect" society. They have no emotions and never have to worry about being able to survive. The citizens have never had to experience pain, fear, or even love. Their lives are controlled and they can not even chose their spouses and jobs.
When Jonas turns twelve he is selected for an important job. With this job he has to experience memories and emotions of the past. He learns a lot from these and wants everyone to experience these feelings.
Finally, Jonas can't take it. He wants to be free of this colorless world he lives in. He wants to be part of a society where he is not "controlled". Jonas goes on a very dangerous mission benefiting him and his fellow citizens. Will he survive?
The Giver is especially a good read because it has no specific ending. You get to use your imagination and the facts you have been given to create your own ending. The Giver is definetly one of Lois Lowry's best books ever! All junior high student's should read this book.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver is one of the best books I have read. It is extraordinary novel about a stable, pain-free society with no color, music, or feelings. Their world seems perfect with everyone fulfilling their assignments. When Jonas turns twelve, he fills the role of Receiver of Memory. He discovers sights, sounds, and feelings he has never had before, and he cannot share them with the other people. Jonas dicovers that his is not the perfect world and attempts to change it. I recommend this book because it is sure to keep me from taking things for granted.

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Summary: The Giver Giveth
Review: The Giver is one of the best short books that I have read. It uses a lot of unusual ideas and dialogue, and the book makes you think of what the future holds for us. In the book, Jonas an 11-year-old boy is about ready to become a man in his community. The community in the book is a utopia, where everything is perfect. He lives in a community where the citizens have never heard of war or pain. Children are assigned to married couples and you have to take pills that will not allow you to have any ... fantasies. Anything that isn't perfect is "released" from the community, including people!
When a young man turns 12 in his community, many responsibilities are put upon him. He is assigned a job according to his abilities and what is good for the community. When Jonas turns 12, he is assigned the job of being the Receiver. The Receiver is one of the highest-ranking jobs in the community. Jonas would have to go the Giver's dwellings and receive all of the memories from the past. The Giver shows him memories of war and pain, which Jonas is devastated by. He also shows him memories of good things like snow and sled-riding, both of which Jonas as never heard of.
The book goes on with Jonas receiving many memories and wanting to experience these feelings. But, he knows that there is no way to experience them there, so he decides to take action.

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Summary: A fabulous book
Review: The Giver is one of the most fabulous books I have ever read. It is definately the very best young adult science fiction book ever. This was the book that made me love to read. I urge everyone- young and old- to read this increadibly thought provoking story.

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Summary: The Giver is about Jonah, and his so-called "perfect" life.
Review: The giver is one of those books that makes you realize that NO one is perfect. You should be grateful for everything you have, and never think that 2 children is too many. Jonah is dealt many blows with the impact of being the new recorder. He learns about all sorts of wonders, and frightening horrifying memories from the past. If you want a book that is a thriller, and one you just can't put down, The giver, I would recommend to you.

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Summary: One of the best
Review: The Giver is one of those books that you don't ever want to put down. The reader will get easily engrossed in the story, wanting to know what is going to happen next. This novel teaches people to be more appreciative of everything they have in their world. There are so many every day things that no one even pays attention to and take for granted. But after reading The Giver, your mind is opened up to how terrible life could be if the simplest things were taken away. For example our free will and our differences; without them we'd live in "Sameness" as the community in The Giver does. This book has been one of my favorites for the past 4 years, and every time I read it it's like I'm reading it for the first time again. It is a truly remarkable book.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver is one of those futuristic books that really makes you think about what people would sacrifice for a perfect world - that really isn't perfect. This is what twelve-year-old Jonas finds out when he is selected to be the Receiver of Memories.
Because it is about one of those perfect, controlling societies, this book reminded me strongly of This Time of Darkness by H.M. Hoover. Both are futuristic, about children who learn the truth and want to escape. One of the biggest differences is that in This Time of Darkness, the world doesn't appear as perfect, but the people's lives are just as controlling.
The Giver is even more harsh when it comes to the power of the authorities and the level of humanity taken away for perfectionism. In this book, children's lives are thought out from day one, where they are assigned to caregivers and named in a ceremony at the end of the year. They are placed with adoptive parents (and even the parents are chosen for each other), with two children, a male and female, to each "family unit." The children are then observed all through school until the Ceremony of Twelve, when the get their assignments for the rest of their lives.
But there is more hidden. Abnormal babies and old people are "released" to make society better. Also, if you're a younger reader, I wouldn't read the scene where Jonas finds out about the release of a twin baby. It's not for those who don't want to be freaked out. That's why I gave this book four stars. It's too heavy for younger readers (such as under 7th or 8th grades). Also, the only ending that can be found to this book is in Gathering Blue, where a reference is made to a pale-eyed boy.
So, if you like futuristic stuff, you'll probably like this, but please don't read it if you don't like the severity of the concepts.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: The Giver is one realy great book. I would recomend this book to everyone that does and doesn't like to read. Whoever, hates to read I think you should start reading The Giver and if you still don't like to read. I have no clue to a book that is better then the giver.