TY - BOOK AU - Lowry,Lois TI - The Giver T2 - The Giver SN - 9780786271535 U1 - F LOW PY - 2004///, c1993 CY - Waterville, Maine PB - Thorndike Press KW - Dystopias KW - Fiction KW - Memory KW - Social Control KW - Perseverance (Ethics) KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Classics KW - FICTION / Dystopian KW - Large type books N1 - "Recommended for middle readers."; Title page verso; Accelerated Reader; MG; 5.7; 7.0; 8568 N2 - At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life ER -