The giver

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The work The giver represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The giver

Statement of responsibility

Lois Lowry

Creator

• trueLowry, Lois
• Lowry, Lois

Author

• Lowry, Lois

Subject

• trueMemories
• trueFar future
• trueDystopias
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Dystopian fiction
• trueDystopian fiction
• trueTwelve-year-old boys
• Science fiction
• Memory -- Fiction

Genre

• trueDystopian fiction
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics
• trueComing-of-age stories
• Fiction
• trueScience fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from "The Giver."

Member of

• trueGiver quartet
• Giver quartet, 01

Theme

• trueAltered memories

Storyline

• trueWorld-building

Tone

• trueReflective
• trueThought-provoking
• trueHaunting

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueCourageous
• trueAuthentic

Award

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 6-9, 1995.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 1997.
• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 1997.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 6-8), 1996.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 1996.
• Golden Duck Awards: Hal Clement Award for Young Adult
• Golden Sower Award (Nebraska), Young Adult, 1995.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 1995.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 1996.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), General category, 1997.
• Maine Student Book Award, 1995.
• Newbery Medal, 1994.
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 3-8, 1995.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 1996.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Young Adult Books, 1996.
• Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 1996.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 1996.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas), 1996.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Senior, 1996.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1994
• YALSA 100 Best Books, 1950-2000
• Great American Read, 2018.

Awards note

Newbery Medal, 1994.

Cataloging source

HCO

Index

no index present

Intended audience

760

Intended audience source

Lexile

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Series statement

Giver quartet

Series volume

1]

Target audience

juvenile