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Winner of the prestigious Newberry Medal, Lois Lowry's The Giver is written for middle-school students but is an ageless classic. In an eerie dystopian future where every choice is made for everyone by society or government, 12-year-old Jonah is selected to be the Receiver of Memory: the only person who has knowledge of the world before "Sameness." As Jonah begins to receive knowledge from his predecessor and mentor, he struggles with the overwhelming new information and begins planning a desperate attempt to restore emotion and knowledge to the whole community.