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Cara
Whoa whoa whoa! I need more. What just happened? It was beautiful, I felt this spiritual parallel to Christ Throughout the story. I didn't realize this was a series when I finished it. I'll be checking out the next one for sure.

Ok, now that a few days have passed and I've stewed over this....yep....I still love it! I've had this book for a very long time on my shelf. I picked it up because it won The Newbery Medal, which is a pretty high honor and must mean than it caught some good attention fr
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Karen
Jun 06, 2016 rated it it was amazing
I give this 5 stars as a book for youth. Thought-provoking and worth reading at any age.
Rachel
Mar 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing
I've read this before, long ago. Loved it just as much, understood it better. ...more
Jessica
Mar 03, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
LOVED this book. I read it in three hours; I couldn't put it down! Loved the message it sent, and the writing was fabulous. Easy reading and thought provoking. And on the "Bad Stuff" scale: I'll recommend it to my mom. And that says something! ...more
Jenni
Jan 13, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: newberry
Very interesting with alot to think about. A friend suggested that this book is what it would be like if we were living Satan's plan. I really looked at The Giver as a Christ figure with him taking all the memories upon himself so that the people would not suffer. ...more
Joni
Sep 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Cassie
Sep 21, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Tiffany
Mar 23, 2010 added it
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Stephanie Gowen
Apr 03, 2010 rated it liked it
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Jul 09, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Jul 19, 2010 rated it liked it
Kimberly
Aug 02, 2010 rated it really liked it
Lindsey
May 03, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Linda Martin
Jan 21, 2012 rated it it was ok
Jan
Feb 19, 2012 rated it it was ok
Soquel
Aug 16, 2017 rated it liked it
Amanda
Oct 07, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Erica Inger
Dec 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Julie
Feb 07, 2014 rated it really liked it
Nicole
Mar 29, 2014 rated it really liked it
Christy
Sep 17, 2014 rated it really liked it
Kristina
Nov 18, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shannon
Jul 09, 2015 marked it as to-read
Melissa
Feb 12, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: kids
Jen
Feb 15, 2016 rated it really liked it
Laura
May 15, 2016 marked it as to-read