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Josh The giver was a very interesting book. There were things about the book that I liked and things that I didn't like. One of the things that I didn't like was release. Another thing that I didn't like was how they didn't have cars. Also, I didn't like that they had so many rules and no privacy. I liked that they didn't have feeling. I liked that it was a different vision book. I would recommend this book for every child over the age of eight. It might scare younger children.

//Sarah// //The Giver is a book that is set into the future, I know, sounds like your average book about flying cars and androids right? Wrong! The Giver is in a future setting, but has a more realistic vision of what our future could be like if we weren’t different and went into “sameness”. The book starts out by introducing the main character, a soon-to-be Twelve, Jonas. Jonas is like every other kid his age, he has a family unit like they do, he does volunteer hours like they all have to do, and he plays with his friends like all the other kids do…well that completely changes when he is given the assignment of Receiver of Memory. When he starts getting the memories, he sees what should be in their community but isn’t, and it upsets him and makes him want their “prefect” community to change. This truly is one book that you will not be able to put down until you finish it. The only thing I would complain about would be that the ending really leaves you hanging and wondering what happened after, though what I truly love about the book is that while I was reading it and seeing how everyone was the same, I started to really appreciate the fact that I am different and all the things that make me different. This is one book I would recommend for people that love to see what authors think could happen in the future and love books that you can’t put down until you finish.//