Twelve kinds of taste
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Social control, Control (Psychology), Juvenile fiction, Fiction
At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and classical in form.
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“It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.”
Lois Ann Lowry (/ˈlaʊəri/;[2] née Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lowry
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“Does the ending land?”
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“Is the dystopia too on the nose?”
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“Is The Giver a masterpiece, not merely a very good book?”
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