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Summary: AWESOME AND AMAZING!
Review: I am a teacher, librarian and author, and I have read hundreds of books over the years. To be honest, I didn't think I would like this book, but several hours later I finished it. WOW!!! I couldn't put it down. I truly liked Jonas, his family and his friends. And, as I came to know The Giver, my heart went out to this man. I hope all goes well for Jonas and the members of this community. Lois Lowry did an outstanding job of creating a furturistic world which seems to be perfect, but in reality is as imperfect as our own world. I am busy recommending this book to everyone I know. We are going to have a book discussion program in our church for children fourth grade and up accompanied by a parent, teens and adults. We are looking forward to it. Those in our church who have yet to read it are very curious when those of us who have read it go into a corner and discuss what we've read in hushed whispers. Thank you to Lois Lowry for a fantastic story!!!
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Summary: The incredible "Giver"
Review: I am a twelve year old kid, but I can still tell when something is amazing. Ever since I read "The Giver" it has been my favorite book. It is not only fabulous for kids, my whole family read it and they all loved it."The Giver" is very entertaining. It is so full of imagination that it takes you to an other world. Once you start reading this book,you won't be able to put it down because it is so wonderful, so make sure that you got time to spare! I would greatly reccomend this amazing book to you because it was definitely the best one I ever read.
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Summary: Great Book!!
Review: I am about 13 years old and i loved this book. At first it was confusing but it got really good after the first part. This is probaly 1 of the best books i have ever read so far! Anybody who says this book is stupid has'nt read the book. Read this book, it wont be a waste of your time. I guarentee it.
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Summary: This was great
Review: I am acutaly Mary's son, but I LOVED this book. I have read it 4 times and each time I read it , I seem to find a deeper meaning. I love it and I highly recomend you puchase it
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Summary: The Giver- somewhat good, somewhat depressing
Review: I am an eighth grade student and this was one of two books that I was required to read this year (see also my review for The Call of the Wild). This book is about Jonah, a young teen who lives in a community where everything and everybody is the same. There are no colors, and a board of superiors controls the community. It is censorship at its worst. The board also selects jobs for the teens. Jonah receives the job of Giver, which is very rare. The current Giver, in Jonah's job training, passes on memories such as color, pain, war, and love to Jonah. This book is more for teens than for children due to some content. This novel mainly discusses the use of censorship and how protected people are in some aspects of their lives. It talks about how people must experience things themselves in order to mature. This book was good half the time. Some of the memories and lessons Jonah learns are memorable, and wonderful to read about. This book was also bad half the time. Some of the memories, thoughts, ideas, and rituals of the community are too much.
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Summary: Not as Good as First Anticipated
Review: I am an Eighth Grader in Middle School. I read this book for my reading class, in a few days. Lots of my friends had read the book before and liked it. The story is about a Utopian community and a boy, Jonas, learning more about the outside world. I did not find the story line very intriguing. In fact, I found it a little boring. I found myself just wanting to finish the book, instead of enjoying it. There weren't many surprises along the way, and it failed to keep me guessing throughout the book. My predictions were almost all correct, and book just seemed to stop. The ending was probably the worst part of the book. The chapters leading up to the ending seemed to go too fast for me. It was like Ms. Lowry just decided to end the book there. There were other things in the book that just seemed never to be explained. They just were. For example, the places in the book, like the family units, and House of the Old, were not described very well. The author never gave you a visual picture. You couldn't imagine yourself there, like in other good books. I also found it too unrealist for me. It wasn't a BAD book, just not a good one.
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Summary: A Four Star--Must Read Book!
Review: I am currently reading the book "The Giver" by, Lois Lowry. I started it not too long ago, and I cant seem to put it down! It's definately a book that I would recommend to someone who enjoys reading about excitement, and suspense. It's a very ambiguous story. That goes into alot of detail. Their world is very different from ours, and it makes me thankful for the things i have. However, i wouldnt really mind being Jonas's character. He's the main character and goes through one exciting adventure! But i guess if you want to know what happens, then you'll have to read the book!
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Summary: the best book i ever read
Review: i am glad i put time into reading this book. i have read it at least five times. there is such an irrelevant controversy over it. when there was an article about it in my newspaper, i wrote an article, not expecting it to be published. it ended up being published, jump-started my writing career. i highly reccomend this book. it is truly a masterpiece.
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Summary: Brilliant disturbing book for any age.The ending is perfect!
Review: I am going to put in my two cents, even though there are already 682 reviews. I thought this book was brilliant. I read about 10 pages before going to bed, and then I read the rest of the book the next day. It was very powerful! I am 32, and I read it, and it blew me away! It isn't just a young adult novel. Lowry creates a utopia, and then her viewpoint character is the misfit, the one set apart within that utopia. I won't sum up what happens, because others have already done this, but if I were to teach a Science Fiction class, and could choose only a few books for my students to read, this is one of the ones that I would choose. It reminded me of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, in some ways. I have read through a few of the reviews, and they say it was a good book until the ending, which they didn't like. I thought the ending was the most powerful, poetic part of the book. The ending was perfect. It was nebulous, and we aren't sure what will happen, but Jonus has won, whatever he finds at the end of the hill. Everything doesn't have to have the hollywood, or New York bestseller neat resolved ending. And this is the end of the book - there shouldn't be any kind of sequels, because that takes away power from Lowry's ending. Pick up this book!
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Summary: the best book i've read so far!
Review: i am in the 8th grade and i absolutely loved the book me 7th grade teacher did a book report on it and he loved the book a lot he was my favorite teacher and i was lucky agin to get him this year but i changed schools so i was sad to leave at my new school i saw the giver so i decided to read it, boy was i glad that i did i am very picky about books but i was so in to it i couldn't put it down! it's a total reality check to those who wish that they could be the same as everyone else as for the whole "release" thing it didn't bother me but i don't recomend thi book to anyone below the age of 12 but otherwise it is good book for those who are looking for something different
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