The+Giver

= = = = Title: The Giver

Author: Lois Lowery

Genre: Fiction

Length: 180 pages

Recomended Grade Range: 6th-9th

Year Published: 1993

Over all Rating: 8.5

Review: I like this book, it was unpredictable and it was suspenseful at times. I liked the way the author described things, but he didn't really describe the settings and chaaracters as much as I would have wished. i liked the details in the being about snow, and how it looked, felt, and tasted in his mouth. I also liked the way the story was set up. how he described everything in the beginning, but not so much that it would get boring. in the middle he made it get exciting with all the memories that was passed down to Jonas. iin the end i liked how it was suspenseful and made you want to keep reading. Recommendation: I would defintly recommend this book to other children. I would recommend it because it was a good book, it was exciting, well set up, and it taught a lesson. The only reason I would not recommend this book is because it got a little confusing in the middle, and a little in the end. Over all this book is a good read and i would recommend it to the ages 11-15.

Summary: The Giver is a book about Jonas, a boy who lives in a community where everything is chosen for them. It is chosen for them by the community’s elders, they are the oldest, and the wisest in the whole community. That’s why they make all the decisions, because they know almost everything that goes on the community. The elders have control of all the people, The people of the community are given food, 3 times a day, around when we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They are also given a spouse, a house, their job and even children. If you are not assigned the job of a birthmother, you are not aloud to have a child, or they will be killed. Along with this their community is very strict about rules; you can not do most this without consequence. They can not talk out of hand, be late, brag or talk about yourself, express feelings for others unless they are assigned to you, or ride on someone else’s bicycle, and many, many more. They don’t have many of things that we do, and that we take for granted. They do not have colors, music, laughter, or live animals. In this book everyone is separated by age, Jonas is an 11, soon to be a 12. When you are 12, the elders chose you for a job in your community that they think is right for you. Jonas is given the most honored job in the community, The Receiver of Memory. This means that Jonas has to get or receive all the memories of the community, and its people. he is given the memories form the old recievor that we he now call The Giver. Some of the memories that he is given are happy, peaceful, and exciting, others are terrible and disturbing like war. after about eight months of reciving memories, jonas and the Giver come up with a plan for Jonas to run away in the dead of night, while everyone else in the community is sleeping. Then in the morning when everyone starts getting suspicious, The Giver will say that he fell in the river. All Jonas has to do is get across the bridge and he will be safe in the next community. Will he make it.....(read this book to find out.)

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