The Giver
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Name: The Giver /
Author: Lowry, Lois.

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Author:

Lowry, Lois.

NoveList Series:

Giver quartet volume 1.

Series:

Giver quartet ; bk. 1.

Published:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014].

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Book

ISBN:

9780544336261, 0544336267, 9780547995663, 0547995660

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xiii, 225 pages ; 22 cm.

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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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[1993]

Houghton Mifflin Company

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xiii, 225 pages ; 22 cm.

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[2018]

25th anniversary edition

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

246 pages ; 22 cm.

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2002

Del Laurel-Leaf Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books

197 pages, illustrations 12 unnumbered leaves of plates (some color) ; 22 cm

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1993

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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240 pages ; 22 cm.

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BKCD YA L9215g

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226 pages (large print) ; 21 cm

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Language:

English

Accelerated Reader:

MG
Level 5.7, 7 Points

Lexile measure:

760

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Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning,MG,5.7,7.

Awards

Newbery Medal, 1994.

Awards

Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, 1993.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Lowry, L. (2014). The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lowry, Lois. 2014. The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Lowry, Lois, The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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