The giver / Lois Lowry.

By:

Lowry, Lois

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.Description: 180 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0395645662 :

Subject(s):

Science fiction

DDC classification:

813.54 20

LOC classification:

PZ7.L9673 Gi 1993

Online resources:

Dissertation note: The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages	813.54 L.L.G 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		9190-1
Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages	813.54 L.L.G 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		9190

The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

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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