The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry
In this Newbery Award winning book, we are introduced to Jonas’s community where everything appears to be neatly arranged for its citizens. From birth, people’s lives are decided for them, from which family they will enter to who their partners will be. At age 12, Jonas is finally ready to receive his Community position, which he will stay with until he reaches the House of Old. But when he is given the extremely rare job of Receiver, he is suddenly faced with receiving information and memories that nobody else in the community has experienced. As Jonas’s awareness expands, he realizes a change must be made and he must be the one to do it.
I have re-read this book a handful of times, but I always seem to wait long enough between readings that the story is new to me each time. A definite must-read.
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