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The Giver
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Unknown Binding (Laurel Leaf, )The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
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The Gift-Giver
Joyce Hansen
eBook (Clarion Books, Oct. 17, 2005)The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.
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Read by Ron Rifkin By (author) Lois Lowry
Audio CD (Listening Library, Jan. 1, 2001)In the story of a seemingly Utopian city in a futuristic world, Jonas is singled out to receive special training from The Giver--who alone holds memories of pain and pleasure in life.
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The Giver
Lois Lowry
School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 10, 2002)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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.
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The Giver
Lois Lowry, Ron Rifkin
Audio CD (Listening Library (Lib), Feb. 1, 2001)It is a world without conflict, poverty and inequality. Conformity and happiness are a way of life. But for Jonas, things are different. While his friends are selected to be doctors or teachers, Jonas is sent to the Giver where he discovers the secrets that lie beneath the surface of his world.
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The Gift Giver
Jacob Haslem, Nick Allen, Elissa Weaver
eBook (Jacob Haslem & Nick Allen, Oct. 1, 2015)On Christmas Eve a boy stirs from sleep to find an old man, in the living room, dressed in red with a bag full of gifts. Excitement soon gives way to disappointment as he finds he has received fewer gifts than expected. The old man sees the young boy's protest and tells the story of his origins and his motives. As the boy becomes privy to this mystery, a question comes to his mind: is it by magic that the old man accomplishes his task, or is it something else... The lesson he learns will change the way he views Christmas forever! If you are a fan of The Polar Express, and T'was the Night Before Christmas, you will love The Gift Giver
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The Gift Giver
Jacob Haslem, Nick Allen, Elissa Weaver
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Aug. 28, 2015)On Christmas Eve a boy stirs from sleep to find an old man, in the living room, dressed in red with a bag full of gifts. Excitement soon gives way to disappointment as he finds he has received fewer gifts than expected. The old man sees the young boy's protest and tells the story of his origins and his motives. As the boy becomes privy to this mystery, a question comes to his mind: is it by magic that the old man accomplishes his task, or is it something else... The lesson he learns will change the way he views Christmas forever! If you are a fan of The Polar Express, and T'was the Night Before Christmas, you will love The Gift Giver.
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