This was an amazing book, so I thought. Lois Lowry did a great job describing what it would be like to live in a place with no color, no tastes, no choices. Everything is always the same. I knew exactly how Jonas felt and why he thought what he thought. I definitely give this book five stars!
The Giver (The Giver Quartet)
By Lois Lowry
Book 1 of 4 in the
The Giver Quartet Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | Y | 5.7 | 43617 |
It's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath…
Imagine a world without poverty, war or pain. A world where everything is comfortable and familiar - a world where everything is the same. No colour, no music. In such a world, Jonas is selected to be the next Receiver of Memory and is apprenticed to the Giver, an old man who stores memories from the Community’s past. As Jonas learns about violence and sadness, as well as beauty and joy, he discover the sinister truth behind his safe existence.
Simply and beautifully written, The Giver is a thought-provoking look at utopian society. It was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1994.
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780547995663
ISBN-10: 0547995660
Published on 9/25/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
Book Reviews (285)
this book is good i loved it.
If you couldn't tell already, I almost always rate all the books five stars and this is no exception. This book has so many reasons to be given those five, golden shapes that you just can't keep track. Lois Lowry is one of the many authors that never fails to inspire me. She has an amazing voice and a certain style that I admire. The Giver really reminds me about conformity and how it could affect our society to the extreme. It also shows how we can just as easily stand out and make a difference. This book is just so powerful and emotional that I recommend it to every person who is interested in any genre.
I remember thinking that this book was amazing because of how different their world was versus our world.
i loved it
It is emotional and teaches you many things and is a very good book
I really liked this book because it is very well written, and when you read it you can imagine everything.
I read this book because my aunt had it and recommended it to me. She loved it and we usually like the same books so I went with it. This book is about a dystopian society where there are no memories or freedom. If you want to have a child, you have to wait to be picked to get one. There is one man, the Giver, that holds all the memories and he has to pass them on as he is getting too old. I don't want to tell you anymore so you have to read it! This book is entertaining but also scary thinking that this could happen in real life!
"The Giver" is a story written with truth and hardship and reality. It takes place with a boy named Jonas who lives in a community where pain, warfare, and troubles of our world have not been present for a long time, back and back generations. Jonas is soon singled out to be the new Receiver, receiving memories from the Giver and learning about the truth in his community. After what he learns during his training, the truth will literally set him free. I recommend this book a thousand times because of its true message of life. After you have read this, a part of it will always be stuck in your mind. - cheetahluver
I read this book after watching the movie, so I had a fair idea of what it was about. It turned out that the movie was different than the book, and I think I liked the book more. It is set hundreds of years after humans, in a completely different world where everyone is equal in race, culture, religion, etc. I think I would recommend this book to younger readers, fourth to fifth grade, before they read the Hunger Games.
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The Giver is an extraordinary book! It really makes you wonder how the future is going to be. I really liked this book because I learned to accept all the good and bad things in the world because without them, life would have no excitement.