01889cam a2200445 i 4500 362491012 TxAuBib 20141002120000.0 201218s1993||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020430967 9780544336261 0544336267 9781328471222 hardcover 1328471225 hardcover TxAuBib rda Lowry, Lois. The Giver / by Lois Lowry. 25th anniversary edition. Houghton, 1993. ©1993. 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1993.". Includes the author's Newbery acceptance speech, and an afterword called "Ever After.". Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 7 8568. Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.9 9 Quiz: 04535 Guided reading level: Y. 20141002. Individuality Juvenile fiction. Liberty Juvenile fiction. Social control Juvenile fiction. Social prediction Juvenile fiction. MEMORY Juvenile fiction. Dystopias Juvenile fiction. Dystopias. Science fiction.