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Author Lowry, Lois, author.

Title The giver / Lois Lowry.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
©1993

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J LOWRY c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J LOWRY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J LOWRY c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J LOWRY c.3  Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  MSF LOWRY GIV1    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J LOW    DUE 01-17-14 Assumed Lost
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  JF LOWRY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J LOWRY    DUE 01-04-20 Billed
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F LOWRY    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J LOWRY c.3  Check Shelf

Description 180 pages ; 22 cm.
age Age: Preteens lcdgt
edu Educational level: Middle school students lcdgt
edu Educational level: School children lcdgt
Series Teacher Preparation
Teacher Preparation.
Awards Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor Book, 1993
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.
Audience 760L Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 3.8 2.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 7.0.
Awards Newbery Medal, 1994
Audience Interest age level : Ages 12-17.
Lexile: 720L.
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.
Subject Science fiction.
Individuality -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Social control -- Juvenile fiction.
Social prediction -- Juvenile fiction.
Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction.
Science fiction.
Children's literature.
Dystopias. (OCoLC)fst00900372
Individuality. (OCoLC)fst00970343
Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
Memory. (OCoLC)fst01015913
Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01108566
Social control. (OCoLC)fst01122415
Social prediction. (OCoLC)fst01122769
Genre/Form Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Science fiction.
Science fiction.
ISBN 9780007341764
0395645662 (Hardcover)
9780395645666 (Hardcover)
9780006748281 (paperback)
0006748287 (paperback)
0553571338
9780553571332
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