num_pages: 208
description: 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
language: English
title: The Giver
titlecomplete: The Giver
characters: Fiona (Lois Lowry), The Giver (Lois Lowry), Jonas (Lois Lowry), The Chief Elder (Lois Lowry), Gabriel (Lois Lowry), Father (Lois Lowry), Mother (Lois Lowry), Asher (Lois Lowry), Rosemary (Lois Lowry), Lily (Lois Lowry)
genres: Middle Grade, Read For School, Dystopia, Childrens, School, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 2353688
series: The Giver 
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Golden Duck Award
category: Young Adult (Hal Clement Award), awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Garden State Book Award
category: Teen Fiction Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Buckeye Children's Book Award
category: Grade 6-8, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Teen Book, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 6-9, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Golden Sower Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 3-8, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Senior, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Wyoming Indian Paintbrush, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: YA, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Hea Lasteraamat, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 12-14 anys, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Yearling