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The giver

Lowry, Lois. (Author).

Summary: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

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  • ISBN: 9780547345901 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0547345909 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (180 p.)
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:
eBook.
Formatted Contents Note: Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Jonas -- The Giver -- Jonas's Father -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- The Importance of Memory -- The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure -- The Importance of the Individual -- Vision -- Nakedness -- Release -- The Newchild Gabriel -- The Sled -- The River -- Summary & Analysis -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1994.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Individuality -- Juvenile fiction
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
Social control -- Juvenile fiction
Social prediction -- Juvenile fiction
Memory -- Juvenile fiction
Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction
Genre: Science fiction.
Electronic books.

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