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The Giver
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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September 1, 2014
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October 1, 2014
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Lisa
Jul 01, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, 5-stars, young-adult-children, series, books-to-movies, banned-books

I loved this book. What a great story about a different but bland kind of world. I can't wait to read more of her books. ...more
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Sarah
Sep 07, 2014 rated it liked it
The concept of one person holding the world's memories is a weird one. Good story. ...more
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MELISSIA LENOX
May 27, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ya-young-adult, dystopian, classics, audiobook, part-of-a-series, reviewed-rated, award-winner, overdrive-public-library, moral-human-fails
A young man finds himself the receiver of the knowledge of emotions through the "gift" of memories from a giver who is the only other aware person in a world without feelings.

Stunning in the scope of conflicting issues this story brings to bear and the plethora of ethical and moral discussion points provided for conversations with the young men and woman of today. ...more
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