The giver
Title:
The giver
Author:
Lowry, Lois.
ISBN:
9780544336261
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Clarion Books, c1993.
Physical Description:
225 p. ; 21 cm
Series:
Giver quartet
Giver quartet.
Series Title:
Giver quartet
Giver quartet.
Abstract:
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
Subject:
| Individuality -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Liberty -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Social control -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Social prediction -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Memory -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Science fiction. |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Dystopias. |
Summary:
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.