by Lois Lowry
Part of The Giver, book 1
First published 1999
In a seemingly perfect community, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory. As he trains with the Giver, he uncovers the dark truth behind his society's tranquility: the forced conformity, the lack of color and emotion, the secret euthanasia of the old and ill. Horrified, Jonas plans a daring escape, risking everything to experience the joys and pains his people have been denied.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, coming-of-age, young-adult
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, rebellion
Setting: America
Period: The Future, 1993
240 pages · Paperback · Clarion Books