The Giver Movie Tie-in Edition: A Newbery Award Winner

Lois Lowry

Jul 2014 · Giver Quartet Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.

This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and an exclusive Q&A with cast members, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites, and Cameron Monaghan.

Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce newchildren, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs. No one thinks to ask questions. Everyone obeys. Everyone is the same. Except Jonas.

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. Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings. But when his own power is put to the test—when he must try to save someone he loves—he may not be ready. Is it too soon? Or too late?

The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time. Don't miss the powerful companion novels in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet: Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

Ratings and reviews

Leaves you hanging at the end to chose (there is more books). Grrat plot, written great in a fascinating and hooking way, with twists to keep you reading

My teacher forced us to read this book in school. I can honestly say that I'm so glad I was forced to read this, because it was amazing. The movie was pretty good too (not as good as the book as usual)

One of the greatest books I ever read. One part I liked , was the mysterious ending when Jonas see Christmas lights, I wonder what happened to Jonas and Gabriel thought. Overall, I love this amazing, fantastic, mysterious plotted book.

About the author

Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver.