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The Giver book is a great story about other peoples culture and what they believe and if they even believe in anything. It's a story about how other people and familys live. It is a story about a boy named Jonas when he became a twelve and he was picked from the Elders that to be the next Receiver Of Memory. When he showed up the first day of training he was very apprehensive. When he met the giver he seemed nothing but a little old man. But at the end of his first day Jonas realized that he was very powerful with his memorys. Jonas and the Giver were the only ones that had feelings or love. That was just a part of the book it is a realy great book. I dont like how kids have to be assigned a job. It's like being in jail not having an option of what you were wanting to do. I dont like that if anybody did anything wrong they be killed. People should be punished but not killed. But besides that its a great book.//**
 * //__By: Reed Pullen (The Giver Book Review)__

By Collin Bell I think this a great book with good parts and bad.I dont like the fact that they cant feel pain see colors or hear music.I do like how the jobs are picked for them.It makes to where you cant fail at a job.I think the reciever is a pointless job.I do not like the fact that when you first start reading the book you are completly lost.I think this book is about a young boy who lives in a community where everyone is cluless about the rest of the world.The only person who knows about what is happening is the reciever.Jonas is selected to be the new reciever.The old reciever becomesa giver.Jonas recieves all the memories from the reciever.He watches what a release is and hates it.He and the giver plan for him to escape.The little boy named Gabriel who jonas loved was going to be released,so he took him with him when he escaped.Many heat seaking searcher planes were looking for him for a long time.He avoided his capture by giving gabe and himself the memory of cold.On the way there gabe and jonas saw their first bird and fish.Finally Jonas and gabe made it to a place with music and snow and love and fire.They made it to elsewhere.

By Thien Vuong The Giver (book review)

In the beginning we find out that the main character in the book is 11 years old. The main character name was Jonas and during about the time we have Christmas they have there birthday! Each of their birthdays they get something that they couldn’t have before till the age of 12 where that is the last new thing you can obtain. Since Jonas was age 11 when he turns age 12 he would get the privilege of a job! Jonas was fixing to get a job when they skipped him! The crowd and all the other 12 and 11 noticed and gave a great gasp and at the end they finally called Jonas name! The reason they did that was because Jonas has gotten a special job the most honorable job there is he obtains the receiver of memory. In this job he had to be given memories so that he would have the experience that other people could not take if given. To receive memory the old receiver had to transfer it to him. Then one time the receiver showed him what happened in a release the truth was death! The image and the cruelness overwhelmed him so much that he and the old receiver had made an escape plan just in time as a baby he new was going to get release. He took the baby and went threw with the plan and manages to get out! In the end he had found salvation at a town that snowed. I think the giver is a great book that has many positive parts and some negative parts. One of the bad parts is feelings with out feelings we can’t really take control of our life? It would seem as if the counsel of the elder controlled us! Another is the color def people the reason they even did this in the beginning is still unknown! One of the other part is the receiver of memory I think the reason they have one doesn’t even make sense! I mean shouldn’t the memory just be forgotten and have staid with the dead? Now one of the positive parts is the jobs since the council of the elders watches you and, they can see what you have most interest in and it's easy for you to get the perfect job! Another one is the release for the old the reason I think is because if they just die there the other old people will all get heart attacks and the worse of memories!

Chloe's Book Review

All through the history of pop culture novels and motion pictures have tried to capture the essence of the future. The Giver is no exception. In a community's seemingly "perfect" world, Jonas has no choices and has his future decided for him. When Jonas is selected for a position of high honor in his community he learns the truth about his community, and it isn't pretty. This book explores what would happen if we really all were the same. The story line is truly captivating and will keep you awake into the late hours of the night. Overall this book gives us insight into the dangers of not questioning our society. This book is a must read and should be a classic in every young adult's library. This book has many positive and negative aspects to it. For instance, although the book has an interesting ending, it leaves readers hanging. Many people think that Jonas and Gabriel die in the end, and that they just sled down the hill into nowhere. Also, at the beginning it is a bit confusing. It's hard to understand what is happening because Jonas's world is so different from our own. However, I do like how we learn information about the community slowly. it makes me want to read the faster and learn what happens next. Overall this is a great book and should never go un-read.