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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowry, Lois (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
Series:Lowry, Lois. Giver quartet.
Subjects:
Newbery Medal > 1994.
Individuality > Juvenile fiction.
Social control > Juvenile fiction.
Memory > Juvenile fiction.
Dystopias > Juvenile fiction.
Science fiction.
Individualité > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Contrôle social > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dystopies > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dystopias
Individuality
Memory
Social control
Newbery Medal.
Social control > Fiction.
Control (Psychology) > Fiction.
Ethics > Fiction.
Dystopias > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Dystopias.
Newbery Medal winner > 1994
Dystopian fiction
Novels
Science fiction
Juvenile works
Fiction
Dystopian fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Online Access:http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
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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 lives.
Item Description:"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
Includes interviews with cast members of the movie based on the novel.
Companion book to: Gathering blue, Messenger, and Son.
Physical Description:240 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:Newbery Medal, 1994.
ISBN:9780544340688
054434068X
9780544430785
0544430786
9780544340633
0544340639