false 228303 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885370m/228303.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172885370s/228303.jpg Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.

"The giver" is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopia and gradually appears more and more dystopic, so could therefore be considered anti-utopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. Jonas' society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan which has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of "Receiver of Memory," the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the experience to make. As Jonas receives the memories from his predecessor—the "Giver"—he discovers how shallow his community's life has become.
]]> 3636 53 2543234 book 1993 The Giver (The Giver, #1) total:101555|5:45000|4:33221|3:16992|2:4511|1:1831| 101555 419713 121700 9694 2493 4.08 150217 15542 2953708 185218 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 97088 1993 5 50 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Jul 11 15:11:27 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:17:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1454411 84023 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 1 40 false Sat May 26 00:05:28 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:08:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2936935 162048 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 4 16 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 11 06:44:19 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:14:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6037517 313517 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 4 13 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 07:46:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 10:02:40 -0800 2009 Lowry, Lois (1993). The Giver. NY: Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group, Inc. 180 pages.

Summary and Evaluation: In this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, the reader is introduced to Jonas, who lives in a utopian community without pain or fear; where all his needs are provided for – and all his d...more...]]> 13094598 65647 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 3 14 false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 16:13:58 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 12 13:03:34 -0700 2009 loves this book and I liked it too, but it wasn't amazing or anything.

The Giver felt like a very sparse story to me. First, there isn't much characterization, so I didn't form an emotional connection with any of the characters -- not even with Jo...more...]]> 2552276 61519 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 2 9 true Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Jun 29 20:19:21 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:10:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 31773421 1205220 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 2 15 true Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 18:59:59 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 14:08:01 -0700 2008
It is very easy to start an interesting science fiction story. Simply begin with a mystery. Don't explain things to the reader and leave them in a state of wonder. In this way, everything will seem interesti...more...]]> 5231957 214624 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 8 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 11:03:04 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:27:03 -0800 2009 Logan's Run, which was turned into a m...more...]]> 30727843 1407150 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 15 false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 18:08:12 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 19:53:48 -0700 2008 1. This book should be required reading for everyone with the emotional maturity to handle it! (I believe that blindly labeling The Giver as a children's book is neither realistic nor necessarily wise, in some instanc...more...]]> 5610633 331399 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 2 6 false Mon Sep 03 19:36:43 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:40:17 -0800 2009 38844460 797824 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 4 10 false Fri Nov 28 20:32:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 14:30:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 19799562 1022616 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 7 false Wed Apr 09 10:29:24 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 10:14:29 -0700 2008
imagine a a society where you are seperated from all technology. ( most of you are probably scared to death right now aren't you? LOL) but seriously... no t.v, no phone, no computers nada! and every one is grouped according to age and you have certain things or enjoy cert...more...]]> 2295812 135937 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 3 5 false Sat Jun 23 08:03:22 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:28:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 18831095 1023481 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 7 false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 06:22:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 20:01:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34387105 1585953 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 4 true Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 02 14:39:21 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 20:29:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 13004356 111921 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 2 5 false Sun Jan 20 18:19:14 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 18:26:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 13162369 109656 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 2 4 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 10:07:35 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 22:36:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7954721 548201 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 3 3 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Oct 19 16:35:19 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 13:02:52 -0700 2007 31477499 1446093 3636 0385732554 9780385732550 8810 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver 4.13 101555 1993 5 2 true Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:41:31 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 12:08:53 -0700 2008 Genre-Science Fiction

This book received the Newberry Medal.

This book is about eleven-year-old Jonas who lives in a community where everything is controlled. He lives with his mother, father, younger sister Lily, and Gabriel, a child who is temporar...more...]]> 30116864 1177534 303128 0553571338 9780553571332 72 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173555532m/303128.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173555532s/303128.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/303128.The_Giver 4.08 201 Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.]]> 1993 4 3 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 14 05:54:08 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 16:40:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=228303