The giver / Lois Lowry.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Lowry, Lois. Giver quartet ; Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.Description: 180 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0395645662
  • 9780395645666
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • YA PZ 7 .L9673 Gi 1993
Online resources:
Contents:
Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Jonas -- The Giver -- Jonas's Father -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- The Importance of Memory -- The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure -- The Importance of the Individual -- Vision -- Nakedness -- Release -- The Newchild Gabriel -- The Sled -- The River -- Summary & Analysis -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal, 1994.
Summary: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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Young Adult Book Storms Research Center Young Adult Collection YA PZ 7 .L9673 GI 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 98648454

Companion book to: Gathering blue, Messenger, and Son.

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Jonas -- The Giver -- Jonas's Father -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- The Importance of Memory -- The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure -- The Importance of the Individual -- Vision -- Nakedness -- Release -- The Newchild Gabriel -- The Sled -- The River -- Summary & Analysis -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.

Newbery Medal, 1994.

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