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Cassidy Schnell asked Lois Lowry:

Hi Lois! I really liked the Giver and saw the movie right when it came out, but my question is about Jonas's age. In your book Jonas and his classmates are 12 years old but in the movie it seems like their assigned numbers go by grade rather age. So I was wondering if you like the "12th grade Jonas" in the movie or "12 year old Jonas" in your book better for the story overall. Thanks!

Lois Lowry I think the "older" JOnas in the ovie works just fine, because the teenagers in the movie have led such restricted lives that they seem unsophisticated, innocent, and childlike, like 12 year olds
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