The Giver Book Review

I want to tell you about a book I just finished called The Giver.  Most of you have probably already read it, but if you haven’t read it yet, I strongly encourage you to read it if you’re 10 and older.  It has some adult theme, but overall it’s a great book!  I will summarize the plot, but I won’t give away the ending, because that’s the most exciting part. 

To summarize, the book starts off with Jonas, the main character, who is content in his “seemingly perfect community”.  He soon realizes that the community isn't as perfect as it seems.  The other citizens besides him and the Giver don’t have feelings, see colors, or feel true pain.  The citizens kill babies and elders if they don’t seem to benefit the community.  The odd thing is that the citizens don’t even realize that they’re killing babies and elders. 

Every year the groups of Twelves are assigned careers.  Jonas is among those Twelves, and is assigned a very important career in society.  I won’t tell you his Assignment, because it is very important and will give away part of the exciting part of the story.  The Giver is the other main character in the book, and is a friend that Jonas meets along the way.  There is one thing that brings them together, and that one thing, I’m not going to tell you so you’ll have to read the book to find out! J  Jonas and the Giver must find a way to stop this brainless community from going any farther.

Anyway.. I strongly encourage you to read The Giver.  It's one of my favorite books, and I strongly encourage 10+ kids to read it.  The reason I say 10+ is because it has some more mature themes that might not be appropriate for younger kids.