Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

The giver, by Lois Lowry

eng

no index present

760L, Lexile

fiction

The giver

1054562403

by Lois Lowry

Giver quartet, [1]

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.7, 7, 8568.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 5.9, 9, Quiz: 04535, Guided reading level: Y.

"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 precisely choreographed 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?"

adolescent