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 "It
was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened."
Thus opens this haunting novel in which a boy inhabits a seemingly
ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, divorce,
injustice, or inequality. It is a time in which family values are
paramount, teenage rebellion is unheard of, and even good manners
are a way of life.
December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve
year old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas
watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and his cheerful
pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas
has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads
him to an unnamed man -the man called only the Giver -he begins
to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of
his world.
Told with deceptive simplicity, this is the provocative story of
a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes something
impossible. In the telling it questions every value we have taken
for granted and reexamines our most deeply held beliefs.
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The
Trilogy books
THE
GIVER 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.
GATHERING BLUE In this
speculation on the nature of the future of human society, life in
Kira's community is nasty, brutish, and, for the ill or disabled,
short.
MESSENGER
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver"
and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian
community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power
that he cannot explain or understand.
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