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Caitie
Caitie asked Lois Lowry:

Ms. Lowry, Thank you for your wonderful contributions to YA literature! I will be studying THE GIVER with my eighth grade students this year. One of our essential questions for the book is about the impact of shared memories on identity and unity in a group. Do you have any thoughts about this that you would be willing to share with my students? Thank you!

Lois Lowry I don't have the book in front of me but I believe it contains a line (which I think is not in the movie, though I may be wrong) in which The Giver tells Jonas that memories must be shared. "Community" is a misnomer without a shared past.
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Lizette
Lizette asked Lois Lowry:

Are there more societies(not stated)involved in The Giver Quartet? And did the result of the veering that Gabe performed into the TM had any impact in these societies-transforming or changing them into improved and freer versions(or any changes at all)from the once each were.Did these societies become connected in a way accepted by the villagers? And are those who possess gifts still retained their abilities? Thanks!

Ria Morgan
Ria Morgan asked Lois Lowry:

"Gathering Blue" is one of my favorite books that I've read as a child. I reread it all of the time. What inspired you to write a character like Kira?

Verona
Verona asked Lois Lowry:

The main message I got from The Giver was how precious free agency, or the right to choose, is in all the little details of our everyday lives. Was this one of your purposes in writing this wonderful book, or did you have some other message in mind for your readers to receive?

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