The giver / by Lois Lowry.
Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce new children, who are assigned to appropriate family units: one male, one female, to each. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. The community is a precisely choreographed world without conflict, inequality, divorce, unemployment, injustice...or choice. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas. Jonas is chosen for something special. He begins instruction in his life's work with a mysterious old man known only as the Giver. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test - when he must try to save someone he loves - he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780544340688
- ISBN: 9781328471222
- ISBN: 1328471225
- ISBN: 9780544336261
- ISBN: 0544336267
- ISBN: 9780544430785
- Physical Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014].
- Copyright: ©1993
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Now a major motion picture"--Cover.Companion book to: Gathering blue, Messenger, and Son.Includes interviews with cast members of the movie based on the novel.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 7 8568.
- Awards Note:
- Newbery Medal, 1994.
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- Subject:
- Individuality > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Social control > Fiction. - Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Novels.
Science fiction.
Available copies
- 114 of 158 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Rutherford County Library System.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 158 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Spindale Public Library | JPB Low (Text) | 30134100391656 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Spindale Public Library | J SF Low (Text) | 30134100012252 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
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