The giver
By: Lois Lowry.
Contributors: Brink, Beverly, honoree.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Science fiction -- Juvenile fiction; Memory -- Juvenile fiction; Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: Jonas lives in a seemingly utopian society. He is about to experience the Ceremony of Twelve to determine his role in life. He will be the receiver of secret memories shared by only one other in his community, and discover the terrible truth about the dystopian society in which he lives.
Notes: Ages 10-17.

Newbery Medal, 1994.