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The Giver
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April 1, 2021
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April 30, 2021
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New School Classics- 1915-2005
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April 2021 New School Classics Group Read

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What Members Thought

Vikas
Apr 09, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was a Dystopian novel set in a strange world where everybody is same. The world has no color and difference. Everybody and Everything is same, how our hero learn more about the world he lives in and how he learns that the things are not always how they seem.

People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in
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Ellen
Aug 10, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Why couldn't I have read this when I was younger? Okay, I'm still young, but it would have been interesting to see what I have thought about this book when I was a wee little kid as opposed to reading it and understanding the larger themes as an adult. When I read this book, I imagined a colorless world where people spoke in monotonous voices and thought of how boring that would have been, and yet, everyone without feelings seem to be content with their lives. But how can they be when they can't ...more
Alisa
Sep 07, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audio, 2016, ya, dystopia
I didn't read this book in grade school like everyone else in my generation, and gosh, this is deep, heavy stuff. It's the kind of heavy that kids can understand and also imbues them with responsibility. I say that because that is how I felt after reading it: that I need to recognize gifts and be grateful for my world, to help others who are powerless or knowledgeless, to take bold risks for justice. What a great book. ...more
Meagan
Dec 13, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Feb 10, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Feb 11, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya-fiction
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Sep 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Dec 29, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Jan 12, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Jun 02, 2013 rated it liked it
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Nov 27, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Jan 08, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 15, 2014 rated it really liked it
Deborah
Mar 06, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own-audiobook
Shawn
Jan 01, 2019 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, young-adult
Damaris
Jun 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Shelves: kindle, 2014, series-dnf
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