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The Giver

1993 novel by Lois Lowry

For the 2014 film adaptation, see The Giver (film). For other uses, see Giver.

The Giver is a 1993 American young adultdystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses.

In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. In an effort to preserve order, the society has a true sense of equality and lacks any color, climate, or terrain. The protagonist of the story, a 12-year-old boy named Jonas, is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness. Jonas struggles with concepts of the new emotions and things introduced to him, and whether they are inherently good, evil, or in between, and whether it is possible to have one without the other.^[1]

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Lois Lowry
(1937-)
Who Is Lois Lowry/
Author Lois Lowry published her first novel, A Summer to Die, in 1977. After this serious drama, Lowry showed her lighter side with 1979's Anastasia Krupnik, which became the first in a series of humorous books. She won her first Newbery Award for the 1989 novel Number the Stars. In 1993, Lowry received the honor a second time for The Giver, which would eventually become a 2014 film. More recent works include Son (2012) and Gooney Bird and All Her Charms (2013).
Early Life
Born Lois Ann Hammersberg on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Lowry is one of America's most popular and versatile children's book authors. She has written in a variety of fictional forms, from the WWII tale Number the Stars to the lighthearted adventures of Anastasia Krupnik to the fantastical The Giver.
A shy and introverted child, Lowry loved to read. She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. Her father was a d
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Books by Lois Lowry
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 2,661,648 ratings — published 1993 — 314 editions
Number the Stars
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4.19 avg rating — 596,443 ratings — published 1989 — 161 editions
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
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3.82 avg rating — 200,982 ratings — published 2000 — 125 editions
Messenger (The Giver, #3)
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3.92 avg rating — 143,119 ratings — published 2004 — 95 editions
Son (The Giver, #4)
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3.99 avg rating — 108,602 ratings — published 2012 — 64 editions
Gossamer
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3.94 avg rating — 17,516 ratings — published 2006 — 46 editions
The Willoughbys
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3.81 avg rating — 16,072 ratings — published 2008 — 47 editions
Anastasia Krupnik (Anastasia Krupnik, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 14,965 ratings — published 1978 — 68 editions
The Giver Quartet
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4.39 avg