TY - BOOK AU - Lowry,Lois TI - The giver T2 - The giver quartet SN - 0395645662 AV - YA PZ 7 .L9673 Gi 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - Science fiction KW - Individuality KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Liberty KW - Social control KW - Social prediction KW - Memory KW - Dystopias KW - fast KW - Fiction KW - Juvenile works N1 - Companion book to: Gathering blue, Messenger, and Son; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/92015034-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/92015034-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm021/92015034.html ER -