Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek …

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In the early ’90s, in a radical departure from her previous 20 novels for young readers, Lowry wrote The Giver (1993), the tale of a futuristic society that appears to have everything under …

The Giver is one of the American Library Association’s most frequently challenged books. What do you say to people who want to remove from library shelves a book that shows just how …

Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community …

Argumentative Essay: In "The Giver," the community has chosen to eliminate pain, suffering, and strong emotions by controlling every aspect of life. Write an essay arguing whether this …

“The Giver relates to me in probably the same way it relates to everybody – it is a reminder of the importance of the choices we make; also of the value of our freedom to make choices.”