From the Bookshelf of Drop Everything And Read…

The Giver (The Giver, #1)

Lois Lowry

Start date: August 1, 2015

Finish date: August 31, 2015

Discussion: Read

Why we're reading this: It won the BOTM Polls.
[close] It won the BOTM Polls.

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 182 topics — 2,008 comments total

Read

This topic has been closed to new comments.

* Books Read
By Hallie , I'm all about the books · 63 posts · 755 views

last updated Mar 11, 2019 11:49PM

* Bookshelf
By Hallie , I'm all about the books · 28 posts · 40 views

last updated Dec 02, 2018 07:29AM

showing 3 of 3 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Mar 23, 2014 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1st-in-series

What a shame to live in a world of sameness. Jonas has lived in such a world his entire life. Everything is planned out for all of the people in the community. A committee watches during their childhood to determine what their jobs will be once they become an adult. For Jonas, that was to be the Receiver. The Receiver is given all the memories of joy, pain, love, hate, happiness, sadness, sunshine, snow, color, and the list goes on. This is all the things that people no longer experience. No one ...more

Like · see review

Sep 16, 2013 E.S. rated it it was amazing

I remember when I read this book back in 8th grade. It was my first taste of dystopian literature and it is probably the book that made the greatest impact on me.

Like · see review

Oct 14, 2016 Sue rated it it was amazing

Shelves: childrens, young-adult, fantasy

Jonas is a definitely a character that is eager for change, challenge, a completely new way of seeing the world once he gets a little taste of the things that once were and wants to find out what is out there in the world that he never new about before he accepted his Honor. It is indeed a book worth reading. It show how our uniqueness is beautiful and if we were all the same... everything and everyone pretty boring. The take the author took on this is definitely interesting.

Like · see review

Jul 19, 2010 Cynthia rated it it was amazing

Although I read this quite a while ago it was worth a re-read for book club! I did not remember a lot and just discovered there are two more books that I am anxious to read! Imagine if our world becomes like where Jonas is from....a scary thought that the people have no memories of what we take for granted each day!

Like · see review