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 Lowry, Lois., "></meta> <meta name="keywords" content="AquaBrowser, Medialab, AquaBrowser Library, Search, Discover, Refine"></meta> </head> <body> <div id="fullrecordview"> <div id="content"> <h1>The giver / Lois Lowry.</h1> <table class="dtable"> <tr> <th class="key">Authors:</th> <td> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=author:%22Lowry, Lois.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT">Lowry, Lois.</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div class="separator"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Material type:</th> <td>Book</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Subject:</th> <td> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=subjects:%22Newbery Medal.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT" alt="">Newbery Medal.</a> <br /> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=subjects:%22Newbery medal book 1994.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT" alt="">Newbery medal book 1994.</a> <br /> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=subjects:%22Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' book award.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT" alt="">Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' book award.</a> <br /> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=subjects:%22Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 1996.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT" alt="">Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' nominee book, 1996.</a> <br /> <a href="accessible.ashx?q=subjects:%22Science fiction.%22&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT" alt="">Science fiction.</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Language:</th> <td>English</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Publisher:</th> <td>Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1993.</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Description:</th> <td>180 p. ; 22 cm.</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">ISBN:</th> <td>9780395645666<br />0395645662</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div class="separator"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="subjectkey">Rating:</th> <td class="md_rating">5 out of 5: They loved it</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Community reviews</th> <td> <table> <tr> <td> <strong>Short easy read</strong> by <a href="accessible.ashx?cmd=find&q=md_user:sldavis&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT">sldavis</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>In the "ideal" world into which Jonas was born, everybody has sensibly agreed that well-matched married couples will raise exactly two offspring, one boy and one girl. These children's adolescent sexual impulses will be stifled with specially prescribed drugs; at age 12 they will receive an appropriate career assignment, sensibly chosen by the community's Elders. This is a world in which the old live in group homes and are "released"--to great celebration--at the proper time; the few infants who do not develop according to schedule are also "released," but with no fanfare.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>favorite</strong> by <a href="accessible.ashx?cmd=find&q=md_user:Test+Patron&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT">Test Patron</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>great book!</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.</strong> by <a href="accessible.ashx?cmd=find&q=md_user:zoet&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAAC6gAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAG3xsaWJyYXJ5L20vbGluYy1tYXJjfDIwMzc4NAALU3QuIENoYXJsZXMDZGVmAAABAAAAAAAAAAJlbgAA//////M6AAAAAAAAAQAAAAljX3Byb2ZpbGUJU1RDSEFSTEVT">zoet</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jonas lives in a predictable, controlled and safe community of the future. Everything is perfectly pleasant and as Jonas is soon to find out, perfectly empty. You see Jonas has just turned 12 and on his twelfth birthday in this society his future career will be revealed. Jonas does not get allocated a standard vocation like nurturer or caretaker of the old, he is instead given the solitary and extremely rare position of receiver. This role is entrenched in secrecy and Jonas soon finds himself at odds with everything he knew of the world. ----- I haven't enjoyed a book this much in ages and ages, excellent read.</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"> <div class="separator"></div> </th> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Summary:</th> <td> Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.</td> </tr> </table> <div id="sideinfo"> <div id="coverimage"> <img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780395645666/mc.gif&upc=&oclc=&client=linct" alt="Large Cover Image"></img> </div> </div> </div> <div> <br /> <a href="http://elibrary.lincnet.info/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/108?user_id=webserver&password=&item_id=36173002300823" target="_blank">Place Hold</a> </div> <br /> </div> </body> <br /> <div id="availability"> <table class="availtable" xmlns=""> <tr> <td class="holdingsheader">Library</td> <td class="holdingsheader"> Call # </td> <td class="holdingsheader"> <strong>Copies</strong> </td> <td class="holdingsheader"> Material </td> <td class="holdingsheader"> Location </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY </td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>On hold for someone </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Youth Services </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 5/31/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 5/4/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Youth Services </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 5/28/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> St. Charles </td> <td>JH LOWRY</td> <td> <strong>JHFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 6/1/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> Batavia </td> <td>Local History FIC Lowry, Lois </td> <td> <strong>REF-BOOK </strong> </td> <td>Local History Collection </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> Franklin Park </td> <td>YA LOWRY </td> <td> <strong>FICTION </strong> </td> <td>Young Adult Collection </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> Glen Ellyn </td> <td>J LOWRY, L. </td> <td> <strong>JFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 6/9/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> Itasca </td> <td>J LOW </td> <td> <strong>FICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 6/6/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> Villa Park </td> <td>YF LOW </td> <td> <strong>JFICTION </strong> </td> <td>Checked Out - Due: 6/3/2013 </td> </tr> <tr class="oddtrue"> <td> West Chicago </td> <td>JF LOW </td> <td> <strong>CAUDILL </strong> </td> <td>Juvenile Fiction </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="accessible_syndeticsice"> <br xmlns="" /> <div id="syndeticsice_toc" style="
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class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Plot Overview</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Character List</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Analysis of Major Characters</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Jonas</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Giver</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">12</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Jonas's Father</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Themes, Motifs & Symbols</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Importance of Memory</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">15</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Importance of the Individual</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Vision</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Nakedness</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Release</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">17</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Newchild Gabriel</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The Sled</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">The River</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">18</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Summary & Analysis</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 1-2</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">19</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 3-4</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">22</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 5-6</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">25</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 7-9</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">28</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 10-11</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">32</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 12-13</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">35</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 14-16</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">39</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 17-18</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">42</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 19-20</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">46</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Chapters 21-23</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">48</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Important Quotations Explained</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">53</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Key Facts</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">59</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Study Questions & Essay Topics</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">62</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Study Questions</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">62</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Suggested Essay Topics</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">66</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Review & Resources</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">68</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Quiz</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">68</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_labeltitle"> <div class="syndetics_dtoc_indent">Suggestions for Further Reading</div> </td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_author"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_company"></td> <td> </td> <td class="syndetics_dtoc_pageno">74</td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" /> <coverimgs> <br /> <div id="syndeticsice_toc" style="
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