The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Copyright: 1993
Number of Pages: 179
Rating: 5 (out of 1-5)
1st book in a series
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewer: Francine

Jonas lives in a perfect world, until the “ceremony." When kids in the community turn twelve they are assigned a job. Not any job, but a job they will be doing for more than half of their life. Sadly, the kids can’t pick their own job. A special committee watches them to see what job in the community they will get and enjoy. Jonas gets the job as the Receiver. The Giver, the previous Receiver, gives Jonas memories of beauty, love and color from the previous world. Unfortunately, in the previous world there weren’t only happy things; instead, he also receives harsh memories of war, blood and injuries. Lois Lowry writes an interesting book with an inspiring moral. Reading this book made me think about where we live today and how different our world is compared to Jonas’s. Different in good ways and different in bad ways. I loved this book because of the differences in their community. As a result, I recommend The Giver to anybody older that 11.