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Jonas lives in a perfect place called the Community. In the Community each age has it's own group. By the time you reach the age twelve, they stop counting. Unless you go to the records. But another thing special happens when you reach the age twelve. You get a job. The town Elders basically decide what is best for you, and at the Twelves Ceremony you are told what you are assigned to. Jonas thought he might get something interesting, like a Nuturer like his father, or maybe work with the old. But what he gets turns his world around, and when he finds the truth about the community, he sees it in a whole different way. This book will make you think, make you re-read, and argue with other people on what you think happens. I liked The Giver because it had a sense of adventure, mystery, and creepiness all rolled into one. I also liked it because it made you think. I'd recommend it to older kids, because it has some things that littler kids couldn't understand.
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
maggie_Brenner, June 4, 2009
Jonas lives in a perfect place called the Community. In the Community each age has it's own group. By the time you reach the age twelve, they stop counting. Unless you go to the records. But another thing special happens when you reach the age twelve. You get a job. The town Elders basically decide what is best for you, and at the Twelves Ceremony you are told what you are assigned to. Jonas thought he might get something interesting, like a Nuturer like his father, or maybe work with the old. But what he gets turns his world around, and when he finds the truth about the community, he sees it in a whole different way. This book will make you think, make you re-read, and argue with other people on what you think happens. I liked The Giver because it had a sense of adventure, mystery, and creepiness all rolled into one. I also liked it because it made you think. I'd recommend it to older kids, because it has some things that littler kids couldn't understand.(3 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)