The GiverBy: Lois Lowry

Characters• Jonas

• The Giver

Jonas Jonas is a boy.

He is 11 years old.

Jonas is given a very big job!

The Receiver The Receiver is an old man.

He knows every memory that has happened.

He is very important.

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Jonas is an 11 year old boy. He lives in a place that is safe. There are a lot of rules. Everyday in this place is the same.

The place where Jonas lives has no animals, no sun, and no rain. They do not even have colors or music!

The people in this place do not want to be different. They all want to be the same.

They say the same things, do the same times, and act the same.

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The people do not make any choices. They do not pick anything.

Husbands and wives are picked by The Elders.

The Elders are a group of older people who make choices for people.

They pair people to be married.

Every family can have two kids.

When a baby is born, it stays at the Nurturing Center until it is one year old. Then it is given to a family.

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At age 12, the kids are told what job they will have.

Jonas has a birthday and is now 12. He is very smart, courageous, and special. He is given a good job!

Jonas is going to be the new Receiver. He will know all of the memories from the past.

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Jonas knows that his new job is important. He has to learn how he does his job from The Receiver.

The Receiver has to share all of the good and bad memories with Jonas.

Jonas gave him a new name. He calls him The Giver.

Jonas has all of the good and bad memories. He now knows that people can live a life where things are different.

Not everyone and everything has to be the same.

ONLY Jonas and The Giver know the good and bad memories.

The people do not know any of the good and bad memories.

Jonas and The Given make a plan to change the place that they live in.

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To change the place that he lives, Jonas has to leave.

Jonas goes somewhere far, far away. It was a hard trip to make.

Jonas sees a lot of the things and stories that he learned about from The Giver.

The truth and memories can now start going back to the place where Jonas came from.

The people can know the truth. They do not have to be the same, they can be different.

The people can know the good and bad things.

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