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The giver / by Lois Lowry.

Lowry, Lois, (author.).

Summary:

"Living 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 known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328471222
  • ISBN: 1328471225
  • ISBN: 9780544336261
  • ISBN: 0544336267
  • Physical Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1993."
Includes the author's Newbery acceptance speech, and an afterword called "Ever After."
Target Audience Note:
760L Lexile
Target Age Group: 12 and UP. Ingram.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 7 8568.
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 7 8568.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1994.

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Subject:
Social prediction > Fiction.
Social control > Fiction.
Individuality > Fiction.
Dystopias > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Liberty > Fiction.
Genre:
Science fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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  • 12 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 21 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library YA FIC LOWRY (Text) 36015000778965 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 08/16/2026

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