Do you want to read a book that will change the way you think about freedom and the power to make choices?
Imagine a society where all of your choices are made for you - job, spouse, children, hairstyle, and clothing - in a meticulously planned manner where there are no mistakes. Jonas, a twelve year-old member of this futuristic society, is nervous, because at today's Ceremony of Twelve he is given his lifetime assignment: he will be the Receiver of Memory for his community. When he begins his training with a solitary elder called The Giver, who also holds the society's memories, Jonas slowly realizes the sinister and unexpected ramifications of this job, and his future. What is the devastating truth about the Community that he is only now starting to realize?
I have read and re-read this powerful and insightful book numerous times, and always find something new to ponder. It is a shattering account about a dystopian society and what it means to be free.
The Giver is the first in a series of books called The Giver Quartet, and is a Newbery Award-winning title.
The titles in the series are: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
I have read and re-read this powerful and insightful book numerous times, and always find something new to ponder. It is a shattering account about a dystopian society and what it means to be free.
The Giver is the first in a series of books called The Giver Quartet, and is a Newbery Award-winning title.
The titles in the series are: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
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