The Giver   It's a perfect world, where everything looks right

But ugly truths lie beneath the surface… It is the future

There is no war, no hunger, no pain

No one in The Community wants for anything

Everyone is provided for

Each Family Unit is entitled to one female and male child

Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make a mistake

Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day

From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same

Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems

Although they appear to have everything, they are missing something of great importance

It is up to Jonas, with the help of the Giver, to find what long ago had been lost

And so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it

Simply and beautifully written, The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader

Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted

Through the noble character of Jonas, she presents a glimpse of what could be the future

As the tension in the novel mounts, so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with

The Giver is a book of courage and adventure, and most importantly, one of deep thought

Once readers make contact with Lowry's treasure, they may never see things exactly quite the same

Lowry presents a forceful novel that demands to be heard and philosophically dealt with