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Author Lowry, Lois.

Title The giver [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Lois Lowry.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
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Description 1 online resource (180 pages)
Awards Newbery Medal, 1994.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.
Note Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.
Contents Plot Overview -- Character List -- Analysis of Major Characters -- Jonas -- The Giver -- Jonas's Father -- Themes, Motifs & Symbols -- The Importance of Memory -- The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure -- The Importance of the Individual -- Vision -- Nakedness -- Release -- The Newchild Gabriel -- The Sled -- The River -- Summary & Analysis -- Important Quotations Explained -- Study Questions & Essay Topics.
Note eBook.
Subject Individuality -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Social control -- Juvenile fiction.
Social prediction -- Juvenile fiction.
Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Science fiction.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lowry, Lois. giver. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993 0395645662 (DLC) 92015034 (OCoLC)25872578
ISBN 9780547345901 (electronic bk.)
0547345909 (electronic bk.)
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