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Jun 11, 2025 29 min

Lois Lowry's The Giver

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Explore Lois Lowry's The Giver: A compelling look at a society devoid of memory and emotion. Follow Jonas as he uncovers truth, pain, and the cost of Sameness. A powerful tale on choice and individuality. Works Cited Beumer, Angie, et al. "Probing Text Complexity: Reflections on Reading The Giver as Pre-teens, Teens, and Adults." The ALAN Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 2013, doi:10.21061/alan.v40i2.a.8. Campbell, Joseph W. The Order and the Other: Young Adult Dystopian Literature and Science Fiction. University Press of Mississippi, 2019. "The Contending Realities and Future Visions: A Study in the Contemporary Dystopian Inclination." Literary Endeavour. Accessed 25 May 2024. "The Evolution of Dystopian Literature." Ramapo College. Accessed 25 May 2024. GAAD, Zohra. Ira Levin’s This Perfect Day (1970) and Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993): A Comparative Study. 2020. Mouloud Mammeri U of Tizi-Ouzou, Master’s dissertation. "The Giver by Lois Lowry | Book Club Discussion Questions." Reading Group Guides, The Book Report, Inc. Accessed 25 May 2024. "The Giver Philosophy." 123HelpMe.com. Accessed 25 May 2024. Hill, Crag, editor. The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature: Coming of Age. Routledge, 2014. Khvan, Olga. "Q&A: Lois Lowry Talks The Giver Movie." Boston Magazine, 8 Aug. 2014. Accessed 25 May 2024. Lea, Susan G. "Seeing Beyond Sameness: Using The Giver to Challenge Colorblind Ideology." Children’s Literature in Education. Accessed 25 May 2024. Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Lowry, Lois. "Hi reddit! I am Lois Lowry, author of The Giver - AMA!" Reddit, r/books. Accessed 25 May 2024. Lowry, Lois. "Interview with Lois Lowry." Goodreads. Accessed 25 May 2024. Nima, Kezang. "Contextualizing Freewill in Lois Lowry’s Novel The Giver." TAJ: Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, vol. 6, no. 3, July-Sept. 2020, http://theachieversjournal.com. NPR Staff. "Lois Lowry Says 'The Giver' Was Inspired By Her Father's Memory Loss." NPR, Aug. 2014. Accessed 25 May 2024. "Raising Historical Consciousness in the Novel “The Giver”, a Dystopic Work According to Social Studies Teacher Candidates." Journal of Education and Learning, vol. 6, no. 3, 2017. TeachingBooks.net. "In-depth Written Interview." TeachingBooks.net. Accessed 25 May 2024.

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