Author: Lois Lowry
Title: The Giver
Illustrator: N/A
Readability score: 5.9
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Fantasy
Theme: knowledge is power
Primary and secondary characters: Jonas and the Giver are the primary characters and the secondary characters are Jona's parents, Lily, Asher, Gabriel
Awards: Newbery
Publishing company: Laurel Leaf
Date of publication: 1993
ISBN number: 9780440237686
Summary: Jonas is the protagonist of this story as he approaches an important event in his life. He tells us of how the community is living at the time of the story. He also talks about the community and its ways. His family discuss their feelings everyday and talk about why they feel they way that they do. In this particular community, every December, the children move up to the next age group. Jona's parents also talk to him about how the Committee of Elders will choose a career for him. This particular group runs the community and makes the decisions. It is determined that his best choice would be the Nurturer because he is good at taking care of the children. This community is run by the government and it closely resembles a police state or a dictatorship. Their every move is controlled by the Elders and they can't remember what it was like before this time. By the end of the book, Jonas has decided to break many rules by escaping his position as the Nurturer. He takes Gabriel and they decide to head for a better life. Many people search for him, but they search less and less the farther and farther they disappear.
This book is an adventure as it takes the reader on a journey to see how other people live in a fantasy world. They can see how things would be with a government that controls everything. Students can talk in groups on what they would do in this situation and what positions they would be the best in.
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