By Zack Waxler
The Giver, a Newbery Award-winning book, by Lois Lowry is fantastic. It is about a futuristic world where the government has taken complete control. Everybody is assigned a job when they reach the age of twelve. Jonas, an 11 (as people of the age of eleven are called) is almost twelve and is very nervous about getting his job. When the ceremony of twelves starts, he gets an unusual job, Receiver. This job has only ever been given to one other person, The Giver. The Giver’s job is now to fill the Receiver’s mind with all the memories of the world so they are not forgotten. Some of the memories Jonas receives are filled with pain such as war, hunger and cold. It is a very hard job because people rarely ever experience pain in this futuristic world. As soon as they do, they take pain medicine which instantly removes any pain. Jonas has been given this job because he has a unique ability, he can see color. Throughout the rest of the book, you learn how Jonas’s life works, and how scary the world he lives in turns out to be.
In the series there are four books: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger and Son. In 1994 The Giver won the Newbery Award. The Giver has sold over 5.3 million copies in total. The movie of The Giver is scheduled to be released on August 15, 2014.
The Giver series is one of my favorite series. I like the fact that all four of the books tie into each other very nicely. In the first few chapters of each book, you realize the connection to the book preceding it. The Giver is great for anyone who likes books about futuristic worlds. I would not recommend it to anyone below the age of 10, however, because they might not be able to understand parts of it.
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