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The site's critical consensus reads, "Phillip Noyce directs The Giver with visual grace, but the movie doesn't dig deep enough into the classic source material's thought-provoking ideas." [ 15 ] On Metacritic , the film holds a score of 47 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [ 16 ]
The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini.Paolini, born in 1983, began writing the novel after graduating from home school at the age of fifteen. [1]
The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. [2] It won the U.S. National Book Award. [3] Time included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". [4]
The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories.It received nominations for the 1972 Hugo [1] and the 1971 Nebula Award, [2] and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. [1]
Netflix enlisted some of Hollywood’s hottest names to bring the beloved book Uglies to life. Joey King stars as Tally Youngblood in the new movie — based on author Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 ...
1: Anne of Green Gables: 1908: 11–16 2: Anne of Avonlea: 1909: 16–18 3: Anne of the Island: 1915: 18–22 4: Anne of Windy Poplars (Canada and USA) Anne of Windy Willows (UK and Australia) 1936: 22–25 5: Anne's House of Dreams: 1917: 25–27 6: Anne of Ingleside: 1939: 34–40 The following books focus on Anne's children, or on other ...