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    Apr 1, 1993 · Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010. Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1993. Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY | GENERAL GRAPHIC NOVELS & COMICS | SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY. Share your opinion of this book. BOOK REVIEW. THE GIVER. by Lois Lowry ; illustrated by P. Craig Russell. BOOK REVIEW. SON. by Lois Lowry. BOOK REVIEW.

  2. By Common Sense Media, Common Sense Media Reviewer. age 11+. Riveting, expertly crafted novel shows utopia's flaws. Book Lois Lowry Contemporary Fiction 1993. Rate book. Parents Say: age 12+ 117 reviews.

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    Feb 5, 2019 · by Lois Lowry ; illustrated by P. Craig Russell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 5, 2019 A first-rate visual reframing: sensitive, artistically brilliant, and as charged as its enigmatic predecessor with profound...

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  5. Reviews of The Giver by Lois Lowry, plus links to a book excerpt from The Giver and author biography of Lois Lowry.

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    Jonas is twelve years old, which means that it’s almost time for his community’s elders to announce which career he and each of his peers will begin training for in earnest. He ponders which tasks best suit him as he goes to classes, volunteers, and while he and his family discuss their feelings every evening after dinner. Finally, the day of the C...

    This was published in 1993, when I was 15 years old, and I must have just barely missed having it as assigned reading in school. While it’s probably a classic to many of you, this was the first time I’ve read it. I was surprised by how unsettling it is. Jonas’s world seems almost perfect at first. Everyone apologizes, no one has temper tantrums, an...

    The Giver has been banned and challenged many, many times since its publication. It was number 11 on the list of the 100 most challenged books in the ’90s. It stayed on the list in the ’00s and the ’10salthough it didn’t rank quite as high. As I listened, I knew exactly when I got to a scene that would outrage some parents. Jonas is twelve, which m...

    If you liked The Giver, you might also like my reviews of these other banned/challenged books: 1. Blanketsby Craig Thompson 2. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snoggingby Louise Rennison 3. Bridge to Terabithiaby Katherine Paterson

  6. Jan 4, 2024 · Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry. By Kasey | January 4, 2024 | Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic, Middle Grade 8-12.

  7. Sep 10, 2002 · Review. The Giver. by Lois Lowry. In her Newbery Award-winning science fiction novel, THE GIVER, Lois Lowry imagines a future without conflict, where everything, even fear and pain, are nonexistent.

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