Name: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Illustrator: None Category: Chapter Book Honor: Newbery; 1994 Imagine a world where every child is shielded from danger and mischief. It is a world completely absent of pain, poverty, war, disease or discomfort. There is no divorce and no unemployment. The buildings, the people, the weather are all alike. Yet in this world there is no color, no love, no dreams, or ... love him, not ones who apply to have a son and then only "like" him. Jonas is not sure whether or not the people should be sheltered from these essential characteristics of the human spirit. As...

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