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~ Winner of the Newbery Medal - 1994, Golden Duck Award for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) - 1994, Golden Sower Award for Young Adult - 1995, William Allen White Children's Boo Award - 1996, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award - 1996, Margaret A Edwards Award - 2007, and many more
In Lois Lowry’s dystopian classic, The Giver, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. It isn't until he is given his life assignment as the 'Receiver' does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.
One of the most influential novels of our time The Giver's haunting story examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society.