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 Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.©1993 Lois Lowry; (P)1993 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group Dystopian Fiction Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Middle Grade

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"A powerful and provacative novel.”
-- The New York Times
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Gripped. Transported. Inspired. Chilled. A world depicted in convincing detail. Held me throughout thanks to it's execution enthrallingly delivered.

Chillingly believable

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an inconvenience ending I expected more for this book because it was quite good at the start 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

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imagine a world, centuries "post disaster", where a different kind of society emerges. Highly structured, where every citizen's role in life is strictly defined and there is no choice, no colour, no autonomy and no strong emotions. This has been done for the sake of safety and harmony, so there will be no more war.
But what has happened to all the memories of times past? They have been preserved in the Giver, whose role is to pass them on to a new Receiver every generation. Jonas has been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. But his new role contains many horrible surprises, and as his eyes are opened, he is impelled to change the way his society is run.

fantastic dystopian tale!

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The story is very gripping and interesting but the narrator’s voice is rather annoying but overall it was really enjoyable.

Good story but annoying voice

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The teller of the story giving the story a new way to experience the story by making it sound more alive like it was almost real

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