The Giver

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classicsedition is perfect for every bookshelf. It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain, no want. Everything needed is provided. And each person has their profession carefully chosen by the Committee of Elders. Twelve-year-old Jonas never thought there was anything wrong with his world. Why would he? But from the moment he is selected as the Receiver of Memory Jonas discovers that their community is not what it seems. It is only with the help of the Giver that Jonas can find what has been lost. And it is only through his personal courage that Jonas can find the strength to do what is right . . . A forerunner of the dystopian genre, Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning story of bravery and discovery has influenced countless writers and is now a major motion picture. Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.

Lois Lowry, author of over twenty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number the Stars), was born on 20 March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her nineteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire.