The Giver
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In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where
every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's
Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as
the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and
struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave
New World, in this 1994 Newbery
Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to
give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas
learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly
decides he cannot pay the price.
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