Author: Lois Lowry
Format: Paperback
Pages: 179
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Publication date: September 28, 2002
ISBN-13: 9780440237686
About the book
December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each
twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas
watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful pal Asher
labeled teh Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something
special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man-the man called only the
Giver-he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection
of his world.
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.
My Review
I really enjoyed reading this for my Young Adult Fiction
class, and just reading it in general.
Things that I
liked: I really enjoyed reading about this world that the author built and
how they citizens basically eliminated anything they deemed not safe yet there
was one person in the town that had to bear all of the horrible memories of the
past. I liked how the author set up the world in a sense that she created a
world were the children weren’t children anymore by the age of 12. There was so
much detail that I was able to get sucked into the story and I wanted to know
what happened next. I didn’t want to put it down to read anything else.
Things I didn’t
like: The beginning was a little slow paced for me, and there were spots
later on in the story that were slow, but I toughed it out and got through
those parts of the story. Other than that, I don’t have any complaints.
Overall: I
thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and I recommend it anyone and everyone.
Until Next time, Happy Reading!
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