The Giver

Hardcover

English language

Published Dec. 9, 2004 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7862-7153-5
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OCLC Number:
57563507

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This novel is set in a future society where a young boy named Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect world. But when Jonas is selected to be the "Receiver of Memory" he starts to see the cracks in the carefully constructed society. The Giver won the Newbery Medal in 1994.

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I've never read these books, despite having them come up in conversation and in passing many times. The first one was good, but for the most of it I found myself thinking about how cliche it felt. Young Adult Dystopians novels always seem really obsessed with social control. Not that that's a bad thing, and of course that's a set of ideas that is actually really important to young adults. But to me, it made this narrative feel really...trite. I enjoyed the second novel in the series much more.

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Subjects

  • Social Issues - General
  • Study Guides
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Control (Psychology)
  • Ethics
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Social control