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The giver

Lowry, Lois (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780544336261 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1328471225
  • ISBN: 9781328471222
  • Physical Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
    print
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
Subject: Dystopias Fiction
Memory Fiction
Social prediction Fiction
Social control Fiction
Liberty Fiction
Individuality Fiction
Genre: Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 5 copies available at Kenton County. (Show)
  • 3 of 5 copies available at Kenton County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Covington Branch J LOWRY L (Text) 33126022782936 JFiction Available -
Erlanger Branch J LOWRY L (Text) 33126025226071 JFiction Paperback Checked out 04/29/2024
Erlanger Branch J LOWRY L (Text) 33126025226089 JFiction Paperback Available -
Independence Branch J LOWRY L (Text) 33126022782894 JFiction Checked out 04/29/2024
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  • Baker & Taylor
    Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
  • Baker & Taylor
    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.
  • HARPERCOLL
    Celebrate Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world in this 25th Anniversary Edition of The Giver. Includes a new afterword from Lois Lowry, as well as her Newbery acceptance speech.

    The Giver, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning novel, has become one of the most influential books of our time. Placed on countless reading lists and curricula, translated into more than forty languages, and made into a feature film, The Giver is a modern classic.  

    Celebrate this beloved contribution to children's literature with the 25th Anniversary Edition. The haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity, is as resonant today as when it was first published. Lois Lowry will include a new afterword as well as her Newbery acceptance speech in this beautifully rejacketed edition. 
  • Houghton
    Celebrate Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world in this 25th Anniversary Edition of The Giver. Includes a new afterword from Lois Lowry, as well as her Newbery acceptance speech.

    The Giver, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning novel, has become one of the most influential books of our time. Placed on countless reading lists and curricula, translated into more than forty languages, and made into a feature film, The Giver is a modern classic.  

    Celebrate this beloved contribution to children's literature with the 25th Anniversary Edition. The haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity, is as resonant today as when it was first published. Lois Lowry will include a new afterword as well as her Newbery acceptance speech in this beautifully rejacketed edition. 
     
  • Houghton
    Celebrate Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world in this 25th Anniversary Edition of The Giver. Includes a new afterword from Lois Lowry, as well as her Newbery acceptance speech.

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