The+Giver

__**THE GIVER**__ (//Lois Lowry//) "In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy."

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I have read this one. Suitable for deep thinkers/enrichment kids, I know it is a Stage 4 text at some schools. Some interesting themes of living in a perfect world and the problems associated with this...with a very ambigous (and almot disturbing!) ending. If you want a challenge - go for it. But please read first to check for suitability:) Karen Brill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -