THE GIVER (audiobook) by Lois Lowry
Originally Published in 1993 Audiobook version published in 2001 by Listening Library Read by Ron Rifkin Duration: 4 hours, 51 minutes Lois Lowry has done a very clever thing in her book The Giver . She has written a book at a very simple level that explains some very complicated things in a way that most children will be able to easily grasp. A text does not have to be complicated to express complicated ideas. In The Giver the reader is presented with a simple, Utopian society in an undetermined future time. Everything is peaceful. Everyone is fed, cared for and everyone has a place. The children are excited because it is time for the children to go through The Ceremony. All children up to age twelve are moved forward to their next year and receive some new responsibility or right, such as the right to ride a bicycle or to volunteer after school hours. Twelve-year-olds are assigned to their future work assignments by the Committee of Elders. Author Lois Lowry in 201...