TY - BOOK AU - Lowry,Lois TI - The giver T2 - Laurel-leaf books SN - 0329315072 AV - PZ7.L9673 Gi 2002 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2002///], c1993 CY - New York PB - Dell Laurel-Leaf KW - Coming of age KW - Fiction KW - Memory KW - Science fiction KW - Bildungsromans KW - sears N1 - "Readers circle"--Cover; "Reprinted by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company"--T.p. verso; "RL 4.5"--T.p. verso; Includes a reader's guide; Wilson's Children; Wilson's Junior High School; Wilson's Senior High School; Book Links (A.L.A.), April 2003; Catholic Library World, November 1996; Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000; New York Times, October 2004; Publisher's Weekly, March 2004; School Library Journal, May 2004; Wilson's Children, June 2001; Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001; Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002; 6.8; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other. He then learns the terrible truth about the Community ER -