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The giver / Lois Lowry.

Lowry, Lois, (author.).

Summary:

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0547995660
  • ISBN: 0006748287
  • ISBN: 0385732554
  • ISBN: 0395645662
  • ISBN: 0440237688
  • ISBN: 0544336267
  • ISBN: 0544340639
  • ISBN: 054434068X
  • ISBN: 0544430786
  • ISBN: 0547424779
  • ISBN: 0553571338
  • ISBN: 140461690X
  • ISBN: 9780006748281
  • ISBN: 9780385732550
  • ISBN: 9780395645666
  • ISBN: 9780440237686
  • ISBN: 9780544336261
  • ISBN: 9780544340633
  • ISBN: 9780544340688
  • ISBN: 9780544430785
  • ISBN: 9780547424774
  • ISBN: 9780547995663
  • ISBN: 9780553571332
  • ISBN: 9781404616905
  • ISBN: 9781415651100
  • ISBN: 0606359788
  • ISBN: 9780605833661
  • ISBN: 9781627655569
  • ISBN: 9781489844477
  • Physical Description: 180 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Jonas -- Giver -- Jonas's Father -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- Importance of Memory -- Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure -- Importance of the Individual -- Vision -- Nakedness -- Release -- Newchild Gabriel -- Sled -- River -- Summary & Analysis -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.
Target Audience Note:
Interest age level : Ages 12-17.
760L Lexile
760L Lexile.
Lexile: 720L.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 7 8568.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 7 8568.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 7.0.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1994

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Subject:
Individuality > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Social control > Juvenile fiction.
Social prediction > Juvenile fiction.
Memory > Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Science fiction.

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  • 0 of 2 copies available at Cleveland County Library System.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cleveland County Main Library JF LOWRY (Text) 22281500048928 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/26/2026
Spangler Branch JF LOWRY (Text) 22281500025928 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/22/2026