AUTHOR: Lois Lowry
ISBN: 0440219078
Plot Summary: Jonas, a 12-year old boy in a futuristic utopia, is given his life assignment by the Elders. It turns out, he is given a special job as receiver of memories and learns hidden secrets about his world with a mysterious man called The Giver.
Complaints: Occultism, violence, sexual themes
Temporarily banned from classes in Bonita Unified School District in La Verne and San Dimas, California
Solonor Says Ban It Because: This is too confusing for young minds to grasp. There is no heroic ending! Besides, it will just encourage them to think they can question the system.
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