| The Giver Contributor(s): Lowry, Lois (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544336267 ISBN-13: 9780544336261 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - General - Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Series: Giver Quartet |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.46 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Event - Back to School - Topical - Teen |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8568 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community. The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lowry, Lois: - Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine. |