7/6/2023 0 Comments The giver book![]() ![]() The society it depicts seems, at first, a utopia, but Lowry skillfully paints it, by the end, as something much more horrifying.įollowing in a tradition of deftly wrought dystopian societies like that in A Wrinkle in Time, or Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, The Giver also sets the stage for the introduction of Panem, the dystopia of The Hunger Games, and introduces ideas built upon by many writers who've followed. It has sold more than 5.3 million copies, and is one of the most banned and challenged books of the recent decade. Written by Lois Lowry, author of such popular kids books as the Anastasia Krupnik series, A Summer to Die, and Number the Stars, it was published in 1994 and went on to win that year's Newbery Medal. ![]() The Giver is one of the books you probably read as a kid, somewhere between late elementary or middle school and early high school, depending on your school and curriculum. ![]()
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