The Giver
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The Giver

Written by Lois Lowry
Book #1 in the Giver Quartet Series
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10 - 15
Reading age
256
Page count
170
Words per page
760L
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Oct 2, 2018
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

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      Lois Lowry

      Whether she’s writing comedy, adventure, or poignant, powerful drama–from Attaboy, Sam! and Anastasia Krupnik to Number the Stars and The Giver–Lois Lowry’s appeal is as broad as her subject matter and as deep as her desire to affect an eager generation of readers. An author who is “fast becoming the Beverly Cleary for the upper middle grades” (The Horn Book Magazine), Lois Lowry has written more than 20 books for young adults and is a two-time Newbery Medal winner.Lowry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended junior high school in Tokyo, Japan. Her father was a dentist for the U.S. Army and his job entailed a lot of traveling. She still likes to travel.At the age of 17, Lowry attended Brown University and majored in writing. She left school at 19, got married, and had four children before her 25th birthday. After some time, she returned to college and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maine.Lowry didn’t start writing professionally until she was in her mid-30s. Now she spends time writing every single day. Before she begins a book, she usually knows the beginning and end of her story. When she’s not writing, Lowry enjoys gardening during the spring and summer and knitting during the winter. One of her other hobbies is photography, and her own photos grace the covers of Number the Stars, The Giver, and Gathering Blue. Lois Lowry has four children and two grandchildren. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781328471222
    Publication Date
    October 2, 2018
    Publisher
    Clarion Books
    Page Count
    256
    Words Per Page
    170
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    10 - 15 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2012454914
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    904573363
    Lexile® Level
    760L
    Scholastic Level
    Y
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    8568
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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