The Giver
by Lois Lowry
5/5
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 240 pages April 26, 1993
In a seemingly perfect society without pain, suffering, or choice, twelve-year-old Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory. As he receives memories of the past from the elderly Giver, Jonas discovers the dark truth behind his community's utopia.
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This book is quiet, precise, and absolutely devastating — like finding out your favorite garden has been paved over. Lowry strips away everything colorful and comfortable to ask what it really means to be alive. Every memory Jonas receives lands right down to the segments. A masterpiece of restrained storytelling. Five worms, each one earned.
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