The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Why was it banned?

Offensive language

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.

Subjects
Fiction Science Fiction Dystopian
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Adventure and adventurers fiction Blind Books and reading Braille language materials Children's fiction Children's literature examinations questions etc. Children's literature study and teaching Cienciaficción Classic Comic books strips Control (Psychology) Dystopian Dystopias Ethics Fiction Graphic novels Individuality Juvenile fiction Literature Memory New York Times reviewed Newbery Medal Novel Sci Fi Science fiction Social control YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Coming of Age YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Dystopian YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
Info
First Published 1924
200 pages
Author

Lois Lowry

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