The giver

Label

The giver

Statement of responsibility

Lois Lowry

Creator

• Lowry, Lois

Author

• Lowry, Lois

Subject

• Memory -- Fiction
• Dystopian fiction
• Science fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Science fiction
• Dystopian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from "The Giver."

Member of

• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award)
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona): Teen Book
• Surrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia)
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio): Grades 6-8
• Newbery Medal
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High School
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards: Grades 3-6
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire)
• Maine Student Book Award
• Garden State Teen Book Awards (New Jersey): Fiction (Grades 6-8)
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico): General category (winners prior to 2000)
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards (Maryland): Grades 6-9
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest): Senior
• Golden Sower Awards (Nebraska): Young Adult (Grades 6-9)
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma): Young Adult Books
• Dystopias/Utopias : Fiction for Grades 6-8
• Illinois Readers' Choice Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
• Golden Duck Awards: Hal Clement Award for Young Adult
• Giver quartet, 01
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas): General Category (winners prior to 2001)
• Science Fiction : Fiction for Grades 3-5
• Classic Science Fiction for Older Kids
• ALA Notable Children's Books: 1994
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award: Middle School (Grades 6-9)
• YALSA 100 Best Books (1950-2000)

Subject

• Twelve-year-old boys
• Far future
• Dystopias
• Coming-of-age stories
• Dystopian fiction
• Classics
• Books to movies
• Memories

Member of

• Giver quartet

Genre

• Books to movies
• Classics
• Coming-of-age stories
• Dystopian fiction

Story line

• World-building

Tone

• Thought-provoking
• Strong sense of place
• Haunting
• Reflective

Writing style

• Compelling

Character

• Courageous
• Authentic

Award

• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), Grades 6-9, 1995.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 1997.
• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 1997.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 6-8), 1996.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 1996.
• Golden Duck Awards: Hal Clement Award for Young Adult
• Golden Sower Award (Nebraska), Young Adult, 1995.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 1995.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 1996.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), General category, 1997.
• Maine Student Book Award, 1995.
• Newbery Medal, 1994.
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 3-8, 1995.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 1996.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Young Adult Books, 1996.
• Surrey Book of the Year Award (British Columbia), 1996.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 1996.
• William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas), 1996.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Senior, 1996.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1994
• YALSA 100 Best Books, 1950-2000

Awards note

Newbery Medal, 1994.

Cataloging source

HCO

Index

no index present

Intended audience

760

Intended audience source

Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

760

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Series statement

Giver quartet

Series volume

1]

Target audience

juvenile