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El Dador (the Giver) (Turtleback School & Library)
El Dador (the Giver) (Turtleback School & Library) | Lois Lowry
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world where there is no conflict, poverty, injustice or inequality. Not until he is given his life assignment as "the Receiver" does he begin to see the dark secrets behind this fragile community.
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Rachel044420
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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I love this book and how the new receiver deals with all the memories of the past. also one of my favorite movies!

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alexvaughn
The Giver | Lois Lowry

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.“

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Maggiepesa
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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A book about a dystopian world where everyone in society is chosen their roles based on close evaluation until they are twelve. The words are easy to read, and the story is easy to follow along with although it is taken place in a completely different world.

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alexvaughn
The Giver | Lois Lowry

I think this book would be a great book to teach about dystopian societies and their characteristics. You could also have your student's characterize the different characters since everyone is vastly different. There are a lot of themes such as freedom vs control, and I think these are great lessons to be taught in school.

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alexvaughn
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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This book is a great read about a dystopian society and ones journey battling being different than everyone else. I liked this book because it describes a world that is vastly different than the one we live in.

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Jaimelire
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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I‘ve meant to read this for a while now. I can understand why it‘s become part of school curriculum for many students. I enjoyed it.

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azulaco
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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I blew through this quartet quickly - just kept reading because I enjoyed the universe that the author created. I love a good dystopia. These stories are related, but can be read as stand-alone books. It had been years since I last read The Giver, and I was pleased to discover the other books. All good.

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OriginalCyn620
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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Wow! What a great read! I can‘t believe I waited so long to read it.

#bookspinbingo - free space
#pop24 - a book set in the future

Read4life One of my favorites 💙 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
Texreader I felt the same way when I finally read it 3mo
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Allthebookclubs
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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One of my favorite books in middle school, I decided to read it again 30 years later. I‘m not sure why I loved it so much back then, maybe it was my age and the idea that we‘re not all meant to be the same. The writing is choppy and the descriptions are lacking, but it‘s a good book. Book #47 in 2024

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Read4life
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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#TLT @dabbe

1. The Giver
2. KOTLC series (with my daughter)
3. Harry Potter series

dabbe #'s 1 and 3: 🤩🤩🤩 #2: new to the TBR! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 7mo
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emz711
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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Yikes these are hard #wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. Susanne Clark, Ariel Lawhon, Alan Bradley, Joanne Fluke
2. Favorite genre - magical realism
So therefore favorite book - tagged
Ok I can't pick one so...
Favorite genre - mystery
Favorite book - thirteenth tale.
Just a really well done, creepy mystery. That's my sweet spot
3. I'll go with Alan Bradley although I feel like I could say Jasper Fforde, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Joanne Fluke.

Eggs Great choices! Thanks for playing 🙏🏻🙏🏻 7mo
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Read4life
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#TBT @dabbe

Thank you for the tag, Denise 💙💙

1. The Giver
2. Speak
3. To Kill a Mockingbird

dabbe We share 2/3! Though I loved THE GIVER, too. I'm making a list, checking it twice, and I'll make it available to all whether naughty or nice! 😂 Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 8mo
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Morr_Books
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Can't believe it is March already! I read 9 books in February, and the tagged book was my favorite read of the month. However, the scientific nonfiction "Outlive" comes in a close 2nd.
#2024Bracket
@CSeydel

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Morr_Books
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I'm taking a long weekend, with Monday off, for self care reasons and planning to finish the tagged book for #Roll100 #76. I've never read it and have been intrigued lately when I saw some FB friends complaining about this being inappropriate for their kids to read in school. I'm 1/3 into it, and it seems fine for school reading to me. What am I missing?
@LitsyLove
@PuddleJumper

TheBookHippie It gets complained about regularly and parents refuse to allow their kids to read it, due to it being too scary, violent and too diabolical … 9mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty phone and love your mug ☕️ 💗 9mo
eri.reads Sadly, there are some of the most sensitive parents I've seen out there who are raising extremely sensitive children. It's not many parents but just enough to cause chaos where there doesn't need to be any. Unfortunately, attacks on books are increasing and the first amendment is being stampeded all over. I just hope when I'm at an age to live peacefully in retirement things have changed for the better. There is always hope... 9mo
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kspenmoll Our 6th grade has always read it- now I want to check & see if this has changed & why. 9mo
Tamra I haven‘t read it, but my daughter did this year for school (8th). She said nothing about it being inappropriate, but she also didn‘t particularly like it either. 9mo
audraelizabeth I read it in 8th grade as well as the outsiders. I felt it was addressed appropriately, course that was in 2003-2004. 9mo
AllDebooks Enjoy your long weekend x 9mo
LiteraryinPA I used to teach this to 7th grade. There is a part later in the book that I assume is what people object to (I‘ll put it as a spoiler). 9mo
LiteraryinPA When the kids start to develop The Stirrings, which are sexual feelings, the society then has them take a pill to get rid of them and go back to their asexual and more governable selves. The main character describes how the stirrings feel and he has a minimally racy dream. That‘s it, as I remember. Well, in addition to depicting scenes of killing people which they describe in a euphemistic way. So yeah, there are things to object to. 9mo
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 9mo
TieDyeDude Because it fosters critical thinking and empathy? I read this in middle school, and read it once a year for many years. One of my absolute favorites! 9mo
MemoirsForMe Great to chat today! Love those bookshelves! 8mo
TheBookHippie @TieDyeDude the banning people are wild. The “needle” in the neck is why they banned it here 😝 7mo
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dariazeoli
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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I‘m so glad I got to go into this one blind! I was 14 when it was released and never had it as part of my high school curriculum.

Is ignorance bliss? Is a sanitized, safe existence any more than just existing? This book is beautifully written and definitely poses some great questions. I think I will always answer that the choice can‘t be to stay asleep.

Wonderful pick to start off #AuldLangSpine, @jenniferw88 !

TheBookHippie Oh wow! It has been required reading here for so long- but many evangelicals refuse to let their kids read it. It wasn‘t in my day but I think I would have enjoyed it younger as well. 10mo
monalyisha This is one I‘m sure I‘d enjoy revisiting! 10mo
jenniferw88 I also went into this blind, but I live in the UK, so I was not assigned it as part of my curriculum! (I was also 3 when it was published! 😂) 10mo
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jenniferw88
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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August's fiction and nonfiction choices for #12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 The Giver is a popular book. 10mo
dabbe I love this book! 🤩 10mo
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Librarybelle Such a good book! 11mo
LaraReads Awesome! Yes, it‘s such a good book! I remember reading it with my daughter just before the movie came out. Must have been almost 10 years ago! 11mo
BarbaraBB I‘ve never even heard of it but it‘s always such a pleasant surprise to have an unexpected gem on your shelves 🤍 11mo
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Read4life I love this one! 11mo
Bluebird @LaraReads I didn‘t realize it was made into a movie! I‘ll check it out 11mo
Bluebird @BarbaraBB absolutely! I wonder how many more are sitting on my shelves! 11mo
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claudiuo
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It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl One of my favourites since I first read it in 6th grade!!! Love love love it 12mo
dabbe Ooh, what a book! 🤩 12mo
claudiuo @ShyBookOwl @dabbe Indeed, a great book! 12mo
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sophiekinnett
The Giver | Lois Lowry

“If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever.”

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sophiekinnett
The Giver | Lois Lowry

This is a dystopian novel that some have to read in school. I was one who had to read it in seventh grade. I still remember my teacher explaining the difference between utopia and dystopia and how in most book that say they live in a utopia are actually dystopian. This book was one of the first school books that I really enjoyed and I hope to show my future students.

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sophiekinnett
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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The giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a perfect world. Everything is the same for everyone so there is never any conflict. When it is time to get his job he gets “the receiver“. This is a very rare job that only one person gets every lifetime. Once he starts going to the giver to receive his training, Jonas' world changes completely.

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Read4life
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I read banned books… and I loved them all! All rereads. I read The Giver every year and this year I added a few other banned books.
#bannedbookweek
#BookSpinBingo #Scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal

JenReadsAlot All great books! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
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SarahBookInterrupted
The Giver | Lois Lowry
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This was another banned book from season 3 of Book Interrupted. I‘d recommend it. It was great for a book club discussion because of all the topics and themes it brought up. It was a short, fast-paced book, but I hated the end. I discovered during the podcast there‘s 4 books in this series but the 4th book “Son” is the ending of this book. So, I‘m going to read that to feel more satisfied. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gB3LOne2QSwnTGz00DB7B

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jenniferw88
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#readingbracket2023 #fiction

Tough choice between these two, but as I aim to get to Babel some point this year, I'm going with Yellowface.

@chasjjlee

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Erinreadsthebooks
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Don‘t judge, but somehow, I‘ve gone my entire life without reading The Giver or The Outsiders. (Possssssibly read Outsiders in school, but if that‘s true, it didn‘t leave a strong impression on my young, not wholly developed mind 😅). Anywho, I‘ll be teaching both of these titles this year, so I‘m marking up my copy of The Giver and listening to The Outsiders. Pretty dang excited about both of them! 🤓👏

tjwill I taught both of those to 8th graders for a few years. They are modern classics, and kids tend to love them too. (edited) 1y
LiteraryinPA Enjoy them! I taught The Giver to 7th grade for a while and the kids got into it. 1y
Bookish_Gal The Giver was one of the few mandatory school reads that I actually enjoyed. Although it wasn‘t until recently I found out there were a couple more in the series 1y
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jenniferw88
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Another unexpected 5 ⭐ for a dystopian book! Thanks for sending me this book @TheAromaofBooks ! Stacking the next one (and won't put it off for so long).

#newberrymedalwinner #52bookclub2023 @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry @Bluebird @MissHel @AshleyHoss820 @Deblovestoread @RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB

#1993 #192025 @Librarybelle

Cinfhen This is a very popular novel! It‘s taught in almost EVERY middle school/ high school in the US. (edited) 1y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen It's not taught at all in the UK! 1y
BarbaraBB I don‘t know it either, Jennifer! But 5 stars for a dystopian read is amazing 🤣 1y
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AshleyHoss820 This is one of my favorites! So poignant! ☺️ 1y
Librarybelle I did like this one! A modern classic! 1y
TheAromaofBooks This book is so thought-provoking!! I did not enjoy the other books in the series as well as I felt they lacked the creepy “this could be your future“ vibe that this book exudes so well. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts when you get to them!! 1y
Bluebird @Cinfhen it wasn‘t taught in mine! Lol. I never heard if the book until a few years ago. Great review! Stacked! 1y
Cinfhen Did you grow up in the US @Bluebird ? I feel like it was a staple during the 90‘s and aughts when my kiddos were in school and actually my son was taught the Giver in Israel as part of his English for English speakers class in 9th grade. 1y
Bluebird @Cinfhen yes, California. I just looked up the book and see it was written in 1993. That explains it, it was written well past my school days 😂 1y
Cinfhen Ha! That‘s the answer @Bluebird 1y
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Erin.Elizabeth10
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I never read this book growing up, so I figured it was time to play catch up! I didn‘t actually know what this was about going into it, so the dystopian story was very interesting.

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Shemac77
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Terrific read.

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Shemac77
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On recommendation from my niece

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vonnie862
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Kate DiCamillo & Lois Lowry ❤️

Blueberry OMG!!! Love them both. 2y
Meshell1313 So cool! 2y
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kyraleseberg
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My daughter and I chose THE GIVER for our mama+daughter book club this month. The copy on the right is my very first copy from elementary school that I ordered through the Scholastic book club mailers they sent home from school 💕

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Beatlefan129
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The book club I‘m in read this book under the theme of re-reading a favorite book from childhood. I wasn‘t quite the right age so I had actually never read this before. I do remember reading Lowry‘s other Newberry award winner “Number the Stars” and really being moved by it at the time. I love that Lowry addresses challenging topics for young readers and I think this would have had an even bigger impact on me had I read it as a young teen.

TieDyeDude Love it! I just re-read it last week. I've lot count how many times I've read it. I'm working through the other three books set in the same universe. 2y
IuliaC I've re-read this one recently too 2y
dabbe Ooh, this is one of my fave YA reads. ❣️ 2y
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Read4life This is my favorite book. I reread the whole set often. 💙 2y
Sharpeipup Loved it. Hated the movie. 2y
Jess861 This is my favourite book when I was younger. One of a few books that really cemented my love for reading! 2y
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TieDyeDude
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I cracked open a collected edition of the four books set in this world. I blew through The Giver over three nights, though I could have easily done it in one night. I have lost track of how many times I've read this book, and it never fails to amaze. I think I read Gathering Blue once, but never the other two, so it'll be interesting to compare.

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Read4life
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#AdventRecommends @emilyrose_x

Day 1: The Giver
I love recommending this book. It is easily one of my favorite books. I couldn‘t resist using a background with a red sled.

emilyrose_x This is already on my TBR list! 2y
S3V3N I love the Giver. (edited) 2y
emz711 Red sleigh 🛷 😥😢 2y
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TheQuietQuill
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This is so much more intense and sad reading as an adult. I forgot all about what happened when they “released” babies and adults, and it was very graphic for me when the father “released” one of the babies. As a mom, that part gutted me. This book is a must read and a huge eye opener. I‘m so happy I read it again as an adult.

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TheQuietQuill
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Another classic to start on this cozy and bitter night. I read this back in middle school, but I remember it to be absolutely haunting. Now that I‘m an adult, I look forward to seeing it through different eyes.

Alora Love this book! Enjoy 😊 2y
emz711 It's still fantastic! 2y
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LiseWorks
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November 15 #NovemberNarrative Giving. This book is a must read in our schools. I have read the whole series and like it. It is a classic. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2y
Eggs Agreed! 2y
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TheSpineView
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#NovemberNarrative @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Giving

It was between this book and The Giving Tree. Both wonderful!

LiseWorks Hehe we sure think alike or we just show our age. 2y
TheSpineView @LiseWorks I'm not old!🤣🤣🤣 2y
LiseWorks @TheSpineView Niether am I but, I remember my girls having to read this which was awhile ago 2y
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TheSpineView @LiseWorks My son enjoyed this one. Not sure if my grands have read it or not. Still not old... regardless of what my license says... just saying🤣🤣🤣 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
Eggs Great choice 📚 2y
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IselaKay
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I read this classic dystopian in 7th grade in 2007! I remembered so much of it, surprisingly. It was as good as I remembered it to be. It‘s frightening in its own way and so it fits this time of year.

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Sharv_Sona
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I had already read this book around 2-3 years ago, and just now when I‘m rereading it, can I see what the true meaning of this sickeningly beautiful dystopia. There was so much hiding behind the words - or memories of the author, it was almost like I could feel the memories of pain and love within this book. All I can say is that this book is breathtaking. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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Sharv_Sona
The Giver | Lois Lowry

Gabriel had not cried during the long frightening journey. Now he did. He cried because he was hungry and cold and terribly weak. Jonas cried too, for the same reasons, and another reason as well. He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself.

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Sharv_Sona
The Giver | Lois Lowry

“The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It‘s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”