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It's a perfect world, where everything looks right but ugly truths lie beneath the surface It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female and male child. Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make a mistake. Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Although they appear to have everything, they are missing something of great importance. It is up to Jonas, with the help of the Giver, to find what long ago had been lost and so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it.

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9 May 2011
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LOIS LOWRY, author of over thirty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal for The Giver and Number the Stars,was born on the 20th of March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She went to Brown University, but left to get married and a raise a family of four children. She settled in Maine, and returned to college receiving a degree from the University of Southern Maine. She fulfilled a childhood dream when she started writing in the 1970s.

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ASIN : 0007341768
Publisher : UK Children's; First edition (9 May 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780007341764
ISBN-13 : 978-0007341764
Reading age : 9 years
Item Weight : 170 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
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Attention seeking book

Reviewed in India on 3 September 2018

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Overall a great book, was able to catch my attention for a very long time. This is one of the books that got me into the dystopian genre, and i still think it is one of the best books about dystopia. I highly recommend this book to everyone. The have also made a film about the giver however the film lacks in detail and differs from the original story line, hence i greatly prefer the book. The giver has 3 sequels ; Gathering blue, Messenger and son. All good books however you need to have patience as their stories only connect at the end. Overall amazing!

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If you are a Harry potter fan this is definitely a book to read

Reviewed in India on 9 July 2016

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Recently I had been finding myself overtly critical and apathetic of reading fiction books. In most books I had to force myself to finish them because I spent money on them. But this one created the kind of experience I want from reading a book. I forgot myself. I started weaving the story in front of my eyes as the words progressed. There is a kind of sinister mystery about the setting of the book though it has all wonderful human beings who all are working for the betterment of the society they have built. The book is great for children and adults alike. Me personally being a 30 year old enjoyed it fully and it definitely was a page turner for me. Should be part of school curriculums.

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Utkarsh

Book with very beautiful and important concept. This is a must read book for children above 6th grade

Reviewed in India on 19 August 2015

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I liked it. Its a beautiful book with very beautiful and important concept. This is a must read book for children above 6th grade.

But you will be little disappointed with characters. While reading the story, I felt no connection between Jonas and his family. May be its due to their community in which they are living and their lack of feelings but there were no emotions. The protagonist, Jonas, is just 12 but he was very matured and working for the greater good(this little thing which might bug you because of his age, it did to me because I was more like Lily, no idea what I was doing but definitely not saving the world). I was disappointed with other characters such as Asher and Fiona because while reading, you will get an impression that they are going to be an important part but sadly, they were cut out of the story. I had already build up some story between Fiona and Jonas in my mind but was disappointed in the end.

Now, about the story, beginning of the story felt like Utopia and not the opposite, but later author subtly introduces to the reader that how s***ty their world is and how lucky you can be with not having Sameness. I shudder to think a world without colors and music, same monotonous life without any surprises. It will be a very horrible place.
Story carries a very important message but it could have been much better with little bit of more emotions and more connection between characters.

Its ending is ambiguous and will keep you hanging in the middle. You have to make peace with your mind by deciding whether its a happy or sad ending.

Overall, a great book to read and its worth your time. Hence, definitely recommended.

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Vinit C.

Don't think, just get this damn book!!!!

Reviewed in India on 4 June 2018

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I wasn't really willing to buy this book but I had to because of this book reading thing our school came up with recently. I didn't bother to read this book for the first few days to be honest and when I did start reading,I got pretty bored. But when you reach the 6th chapter, well, that's when everything changes. You will start releating, you will start understanding this world. You would feel completely into the novel as i did. I don't know but for some reason it broke my heart reading this . Maybe because I started to understand this world. I had no hopes from this novel but now it seems that it didn't let me down afterall. Trust me guys this book is a 100 percent must for all the guys out there searching for a book to start of with their reading journey. The language of the writer is quite simple yet very convencing.it left me speechless, uterly speechless.

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Best Buy so far🎁

Reviewed in India on 13 July 2020

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Knowledge is power and that’s all that should be admired and not disappointed with this book at all as it carries the same message. Love the amazon service. One more thing it got delivered to me early than the expected day so people out their in Amazon are really working hard. Hats off to you all. God bless u💯

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Apoorva

Really Loved the concept

Reviewed in India on 3 January 2018

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Really Loved the concept. though towards the middle the book went a little astray as if trying to finish it off quickly.

The cover of book is as shown in picture, though the book inside is normal. no movie related things within, thankfully

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Mahi Ajmera

Addictive read.

Reviewed in India on 30 May 2020

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A really addictive read. Couldn't put it down. Leads you think deeply about the world.

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Vijeta

Good!

Reviewed in India on 20 July 2014

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Just recently bought this book and it is really good. Thought many people didn't like the ending, i think otherwise. But, the only thing is that i wasn't aware that The Giver is a part of a quartet, so if you want to buy this. Make sure to go for the whole series. After-all, reading just one book from a series is a life lived unfinished.

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Remembering the Future

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2018

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Although this novel was published about 25 years ago, it has an immediacy that makes it timeless. Primarily targeted as a children’s book, it manages to captivate both young and old readers with its identifiable dystopian themes. An ordinary boy, Jonas, in an ordinary nuclear family unit, soon finds out what he had taken for normalcy and safety stems from a much more sinister design. There is something disconcerting about the Sameness that defines the entire community, with strictly regulated progress at every age as a child, each year marked by a formal ceremony, right from the time he was “born”, or rather assigned to a family, to the time he turns twelve.

The community regulates its population with systematic “Release” of their elderly and genetically weak “Newchilds” to “Elsewhere”. What’s probably most eerie is the lack of deep emotions, the tightly-reined speech and language, and appropriate behaviour expected of everyone in fulfilling their roles apparently cheerfully and without contest or discontentment. Jonas begins to question this reality and sets himself apart when he is assigned a specific role to play that would tear his whole world apart.

It is to Lowry’s credit that she creates this preternaturally-perfect little community in a simple manner, which would not be difficult for a child to imagine and process, and yet arouse uneasy feelings that forces the reader to confront established values and ways of living that he may have taken for granted without question. As a speculative novel, it is highly disturbing for the way it is entirely believable as a possible future.

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Fabulous Journey!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2019

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I bought this book for my son but I was so intrigued by it that I decided to read it myself. It's a cracking little book that kept me glued to the pages and I couldn't put it down until I had read it from cover to cover! To be honest, this didn't take long as it's a fairly short book and the language is reasonably simple. I think it's probably aimed at pre-teens or early teens.

The main protagonist, Jonas, is coming to the age where he becomes an adult within the 'community' that he and his family and friends live in. However, things are not as they seem and the direction of the book takes a deep, dark turn and Jonas starts to see things in a different light....

I won't say much more than that as I don't want to spoil it but let the above intrigue you enough to buy and read this book! It's an easy read and the story sticks with you.

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The Giver

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2020

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Jonas 11yrs lived with his parents and his sister Lily, his father was a Nurturer of small children, mother worked at the Dept of Justice, father brought one baby home, Gabriel, he was a little behind the other children and needed some family life, Lily wanted to keep him but only one boy and girl were allowed, the society they lived in had no memories, everything was one colour, children at 12yrs are told what employment they would do, Jonas was shocked to find he had been given the most important one, he was apprenticed to the Receiver who was responsible for all memories of the society

He could discuss nothing of what he learnt or the memories he was given, he was given good memories of snow and sunshine but also given memories of pain and torture, each time he received a memory the Receiver lost it to Jonas, father was trying to decide which of twin boys were to be nurtured and which was to be release, Jonas had heard this word before when old people are released, he asks the Receiver who tells him, Jonas is totally shocked

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Dianna

A refound memory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2018

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I borrowed this book when I was 13, and read it once. The story stuck with me, but i forgot the title, and while I searched the shelves I couldn't find it again. That is until I took a shot on Google with the phrase 'book about a boy who holds town memories', and there it was, the exact plot I remembered reading 26 years before.

This is a wonderful story that hits at the core of what being human means. For me it was a story so strong at the age of 13 that I still remember almost every bit of it. There are few tales that powerful.

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Adam Frankenberg

Coming of age in a dystopian world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2014

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Step by step Lois Lowry draws you into Jonas' world that of his family who live somewhere in the world, simply referred to as the community, sometime in the (distant?) future. Jonas is approaching the ceremony of the twelves where children start to become adults and the role in the community is chosen.
As we learn more and more about the society in which Jonas lives it because increasingly dark and troubling more and more of a dystopia rather than a utopia.

As this is a book for young adults the language is simple and the book itself is reactively short. This does not mean that the book itself is either simply of lightweight. It ask profound question about our own society and indeed all societies. I would highly recommend it to any Young adult, maybe over the age of thirteen as some of the ideas raised I would also say that any adult reader would probably find lots in it to make them think. And it is certainly an engaging read.

I found Jonas' voice utterly realistic though out that the subtle way in which he starts to see the word differently is beautifully conveyed.

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