The giver
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Name: The giver /
Author: Lowry, Lois,

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Lowry, Lois,

NoveList Series:

Giver quartet volume 1.

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Giver quartet ; volume 1.

Published:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018].

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Book

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25th anniversary edition.

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9781328471222, 1328471225, 9780544336261, 0544336267

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246 pages ; 22 cm.

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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

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25th anniversary edition

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246 pages ; 22 cm.

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[1993]

Houghton Mifflin Company

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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Subjects

LC Subjects

Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction.
Individuality -- Fiction.
Individuality -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
Social control -- Juvenile fiction.
Social prediction -- Juvenile fiction.

OCLC Fast Subjects

Dystopias.
Fiction.
Individuality.
Juvenile works.
Liberty.
Memory.
Science fiction.
Social control.
Social prediction.
Young adult works.

Local Subjects

Dystopian.
Dystopian.
Dystopian.
Dystopian.
Dystopian.
Dystopian.

Other Subjects

Contrôle social -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Dystopian fiction.
Dystopias -- Fiction.
Dystopias.
Dystopies -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Individuality -- Fiction.
Individualité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Liberty -- Fiction.
Liberté -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Memory -- Fiction.
Prévision sociale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Science fiction.
Social control -- Fiction.
Social prediction -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.

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Language:

English

Accelerated Reader:

MG
Level 5.7, 7 Points

Lexile measure:

760

Notes

General Note

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1993"--Title page verso.

General Note

Includes the author's Newbery acceptance speech, and an afterword called "Ever After."

Description

Study Program Information

Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.7,7,8568.

Study Program Information

Reading Counts RC,6-8,5.9,9,Quiz: 04535,Guided reading level: Y.

Awards

John Newberry Medal winner, 1994.

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Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Lowry, L. (2018). The giver. 25th anniversary edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lowry, Lois. 2018. The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Lowry, Lois, The Giver. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Lowry, Lois. The Giver. 25th anniversary edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

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