This is book 2 of the giver quartet, and though the characters are different, it is set in the same story universe of the phenomenal first book. After this onetime step, periodicals will be automatically sent to your nook account when you select send to. The haunting story centers on twelveyearold jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. The giver navy general library program downloadable. Jonas life assignment is as the receiver of memory, where he will apprentice the giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia. The giver quartet omnibus southern california digital. The giver quartet omnibus sonoma county library overdrive. The giver quartet boxed set lois lowry download free ebook. The giver is a 1993 american young adult dystopian novel by lois lowry. The giver ebook pima county public library bibliocommons.
Each book has a different protagonist, but is set in the same futuristic era. Celebrate lois lowrys newbery medalwinning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world in this 25th anniversary edition of the giver. The giver is a story about a controlled society, where there is no feeling, no pain, no suffering, no music and color,no love and no choices, but only sameness. You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again. It is set in a society which at first appears to be a utopian. Search results for the giver quartet oc public libraries. The giver, lois lowrys newbery medalwinning novel, has become. See search results for the giver quartet in the oc public libraries digital collection. See all 73 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The giver has been met with a diversity of reactions from schools in america, some of which have adopted it as a part of the mandatory curriculum, while others have prohibited the books inclusion in classroom studies. The giver, gathering blue, messenger, son the giver quartet the giver is soon to be a major motion picture starring jeff bridges, katie holmes and taylor swift. The quartet consists of the giver, gathering blue, messenger, and son. The society has taken away pain and strife by converting to sameness, a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. The first book won the 1994 newbery medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. Given his lifetime assignment at the ceremony of twelve, jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society. The giver quartet omnibus north central regional library. However, unlike the technologically advanced society we saw in the giver, this book features a strangely regressive village setting, which seems to suggest that civilisation had reached its. Lois lowry has written three companion novels to the giver, including gathering blue, messenger, and son. Availability can change throughout the month based on the library s budget.
Lame and suddenly orphaned, kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial council edifice, where she is expected to use her. Includes a new afterword from lois lowry, as well as her newbery acceptance speech. Sw boces school library system digital library the giver. The giver quartet omnibus suburban library cooperative. The giver quartet omnibus the ohio digital library. You can also save all your ebooks in the library that is also supplied to the user by the software program and have a great display of all your ebooks as well as get them by identifying them from their unique cover. The giver is a 1993 american youngadult dystopian novel by lois. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
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