The Giver

Independent shop in GreenwoodDirections

Available from Couth Buzzard when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

by Lois Lowry MIDDLE GRADE BOOK (Paperback) 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. 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 que