The giver

Summary: The reader is introduced to Jonas, who lives in a utopian community without pain or fear; where all his needs are provided for - and all his decisions are made for him. During his twelfth year he is selected as the community's Receiver to absorb and hold all the memories of humankind, both good and bad. His training will expose truths about the world and his community causing him to embark on a journey where he must make the biggest choice of his life.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544340688 (2014 Houghton Mifflin movie tie-in trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780547995663
ISBN: 9780385732550 (2011 Ember pbk.)
ISBN: 9780395645666
ISBN: 0395645662
ISBN: 0440219078 (Laurel-Leaf pbk ed.)
ISBN: 0553571338 (Bantam pbk.)
ISBN: 9780440237686 (Laurel-Leaf Readers Circle pbk 2002)
ISBN: 0440237688 (Laurel-Leaf Readers Circle pbk 2002)
Physical Description: print
180 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	2002 Laurel-Leaf pbk. includes a Readers Guide. Companion book: Gathering blue. 2014 Houghton Mifflin movie tie-in trade paperback edition includes an exclusive Q&A with Taylor Swift and others!
Target Audience Note:	Grade 6-9. SLJ.
Awards Note:	Winner of the Newbery Medal for Children's Fiction, 1994.