The Giver

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Summary: A suspense filled novel that leaves you full of thoughts.
Review: This book really makes you think about how we treat our world because even though the community in The Giver seems very different it actually isn't. We liked the way the book brings up points you normallym don't think about. It makes you think in a different way.

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Summary: best book ever
Review: this book really makes you think about our world. Compared to Jonas', everything is "better". They are not allowed to be unique. Their community must be filled with "sameness",but when Jonas is chosed to be the new Reciever of Memory he discovers color,hapiness, and love. He then realizes how nobody else knows about emotions.But when he finds out about all the good things he also learns about hate,war,coldness and death. He and the Giver then decide that Jonas must run away and give the community all their emotions and memory back to them so they can actually feel feelings, feel love,weather, like snow, sunlight and rain, pain but also warmth and excitement. HE also finds out when people of the communtiy are "released". Jonas cannot let this happen to baby Gabriel ( a baby who had been taken care of by Jonas and his assigned "family" unit). so he then takes Gabriel out of the community , releasing everybodys emotions and memory back to them. He goes off to a journey far away from the community until they reach a familiar place that Jonas had been given a memory of by The Giver.
I really enjoyed this book and if someboady reads it im sure they will like it too. What i liked most about it was that it was not for a second boring. Each chapter it gives new details and new imformation that really makes you stop and think.

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Summary: A really good book!
Review: This book really makes you think of what life would be like in a different Utopia. My class is reading it and I just can't wait for the next day of reading to come.

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Summary: Different-but Amazing!
Review: This book really makes you think. It's about a kid named Jonas who lives in the perfect world-no wars, no poverty, no hunger, etc. But while you may think it's what our world should be like, you're wrong. Jonas is chosen to be the next giver. He is given all types of memories of war, beauty, and colors. He realizes you need freedom of choice to live, and his world is not as good as it seems.

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Summary: Good Enough
Review: This book really shows how a Nirvana would be. The only problem? The ending was very incomplete. Still, it should be read.

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Summary: Breathtaking.
Review: This book seemed like a normal time and place in the beggining, but eased into confusion as the book proggresed. An outstanding book for children and adults.

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Summary: WEIRD!!!
Review: This book should be read by kids 11 and up. If you are an advanced reader with a strong stomach, though, as young as 8 1/2 would be fine.
It is set in the future. There is no pain or poverty, but there is also no choices or love. This is the story of a boy who had an amazing gift but was a child still. Despite this, he risked everything at the end of the book for liberty and safety for someone he loved. THis book leaves many questions unanswered. If you like this book, read Gathering Blue.

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Summary: Very Intresting
Review: This book shows what it is like in a world with everyone
the same and no choices. Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver
and discovers the pain and joy of the earlier years. It is a
very good and inspiring book.

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: this book sounded pretty dumb when my teacher said it was a required to read this book. Once i read it, i wanted more! this is the best book ever!

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Summary: STARTS OFF BORING ENDS WIERD
Review: This book starts off very boring. The first 50 pages areboring and I would skip over them. The middle of the book is greatand it makes you wonder about our culture and if we could make improvments on it. the end is wierd. It leaves the reader not knowing what happened.