The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Copyright: 1993
Rating: Amazing
Number of Pages: 180
Reviewer: The Chosen One

The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is a story about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everything is in order The children are classified by their age, and when they reach the age of 12, a special ceremony is performed and they receive a job that they will do for the rest of their lives - until they are too old and put into the house of the Old. Jonas, who will be a 12 in December, is anxiously waiting to see what's waiting for him in the future. December arrives and he is ready to receive he special career. When the community director presents all the twelves with their jobs they go by who was born first. Jonas was born 19th. In his group there are twenty kids who will become twelves. Once the Director reaches his number, she skips him and goes on to the last person. Everyone in the crowd is shocked. After the director finishes , she the audience that Jonas has received a special job that no one has received in about sixteen years. The job is…

The Giver is an amazing story, once you get into the good parts you can’t put it down until you finish it. If you enjoy this book there are two other books that continue the story. The first is Gathering Blue and the second is The Messenger.