Illustration by: Lois Lowry
Genre: Soft science fiction
Subgenre: Dystopian society
Theme: Rules and choices
Primary characters: Jonas
Awards: Newbery Medal
Date of Publication: 1993
Publishing Company: Bantam Books
Summary: Jonas lives in a harmonious society where jobs are assigned individually based on their skill. Husbands and wives are also picked for them as well. There are birth mothers and families have to apply to get their children. The society also consumes pills to suppress their emotions and feelings of love and desire. Jonas is assigns to be the Receiver of memories when he reached twelve. He then gets trained the Giver. His mind is then open to true feelings of sadness and things like true love. He isolates himself because he feels separate from everyone in his society. With this book's ambiguous ending, this can cause for a class discussion. This book should be read as a class because there are many ideas and interesting plots in this book.
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