Bibliograph

The giver, Lois Lowry

Type

Label

The giver, Lois Lowry

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

760L, LexileLexile: 720L

resource.interestAgeLevel

Interest age level : Ages 12-17

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The giver

Oclc number

25872578

Responsibility statement

Lois Lowry

Series statement

The Giver, 1

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, LG, 3.8, 2.Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 7, 7, 8568.Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 7.0.

Summary

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 livesLiving 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 who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade

Target audience

juvenile

Classification