The Giver
$16.53
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2025
Summary
It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in the community wants for anything. Everything needed is provided. And at twelve years old, each member of the community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders.
Twelve-year old Jonas has never thought there was anything wrong with his world. But from the moment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, Jonas discovers that their community is not as perfect as it seems.
It is only …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008726430 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008726434 |
| Author: | Lois Lowry |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | HarperCollins Children’s Classics |
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Critics Review
“The Giver, a powerful and provocative novel, is sure to keep older children reading and thinking.” New York Times
“Lowry is once again in top form – raising many questions while answering few, and unwinding a tale fit for the most adventurous readers.” Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry, author of over twenty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number the Stars), was born on 20 March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her nineteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire.
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