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Author:

Lowry, Lois, author.

Title:

The giver / by Lois Lowry.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 240 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes "Exclusive interviews with cast members of the movie."

Summary:

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.

Series:

The giver quartet
Lowry, Lois. Giver quartet.

ISBN:

054434068X
9780544340688
0544430786
9780544430785

OCLC:

(OCoLC)882094985

LCCN:

2013498001

Locations:

BPPB851 -- Cambridge Memorial Library (Cambridge)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

D3PA284 -- Colesburg Public Library (Colesburg)

BQPA851 -- Collins Public Library (Collins)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

NBPB943 -- Lehigh Public Library (Lehigh)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

DCPA173 -- Meservey Public Library (Meservey)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GWPB501 -- Prairie City Public Library (Prairie City)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

SLPC094 -- Tripoli Public Library (Tripoli)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)