Printed Book

The Giver (The Giver #1)

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"I have great honor," The Giver said. "So will you. But you will find that is not the same as power."

Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units: one male, one female, to each. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. The community is a world without conflict, inequality, divorce, unemployment injustice...or choice.

Everyone is the same.

Except Jonas.

At the Ceremony of Twelve, the community's twelve-year-olds eagerly accept their predetermined Life Assignments. But Jonas is chosen for something special. He begins instruction in his life's work with a mysterious old man known only as The Giver. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test—when he must try to save someone he loves—he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?

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Detail Information

Series Title

The Giver

Call Number

813.54 LOW g

Publisher

New York, USA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company., 1993

Collation

14x21 cm; pbk; bw; xii+240p

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780544340688

Classification

810

Content Type

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Media Type

-

Carrier Type

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Edition

2012 Printed Edition

Subject(s)

science fiction
Fantasy
Ethics
Classics
Individuality
Young Adult
Dystopias
Memory
Children - Middle Grade
Social Prediction
Liberty
Social Control
Academic - School

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Statement of Responsibility

Addition interviews with the casts of the movie.

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