Lowry, Lois.

The giver / Lois Lowry. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993. - 180 pages ; 22 cm.

Book 1 of : Giver quartet.

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.

Newbery Medal, 1994. Young Reader's Choice Award, 1996.

ISBN: 0440219078 (pbk.) 0395645662 : 0440237688 (LaurelLeaf Books : pbk.) 9780395645666 (Houghton Mifflin : hbk.) 9780547995663 9780544336261 (pbk.) 9780440237686 9780440219071

LCCN: 92015034 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Memory
Secrecy
Control (Psychology)
Social control
Ethics

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L9673 / Gi 1993

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]