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The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and is 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.
The Giver Quartet is a series of four books about a dystopian world by Lois Lowry. The quartet consists of The Giver (1993), Gathering Blue (2002), Messenger (2007), and Son (2012). [1] [2] The first book won the 1998 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 50 million copies. [3] [4] The story takes place in the world of The Giver. Each book has a ...
Lowry had originally not planned on writing Son or any sequels to The Giver, but she was inspired to write the story after she "decided to describe what became of him [Gabriel] as he grew up." [ 3 ] Initially intending to center the book on Gabriel and his determination to discover his past, Lowry instead found herself being drawn to write more ...
Gathering Blue is a young adult-dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and was published on September 25, 2000. [1] A companion book to The Giver (1993), it is set in the same future time period and universe, treats some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger (2004) and Son (2012) in The Giver Quartet.
On the September/October 2013 issue of Bookmarks, reported on reviews from several publications with ratings for the novel out of five: NY Times Book Review, NPR, and Washington Post gave it a five, San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune gave it a four, Boston Globe gave it a three, Dallas Morning News gave it a two with a critical summary ...
The Giver is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed. This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on September 22, 2005.
Messenger is a 2004 young adult dystopian novel by American author Lois Lowry, as is the third installment of The Giver Quartet, which began with the 1993 Newbery Medal-winning novel The Giver. The story takes place about six years after the events of The Giver , and the events of Gathering Blue , the preceding novel in the series.
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea is a business book written by Bob Burg and John D. Mann. [1] [2] It is a story about the power of giving. The first edition was published on December 27, 2007 by Portfolio Hardcover .