The Giver, by Lois Lowry
This year for Christmas, I got a very unexpected and delightful gift from a fellow Gemini, one lovely Gad Berger, a friend of mine from Rochester (in fact, when I was a figure model for RIT, Gad joined me on a job at the Jewish Community Center because I didn't want to go by myself. He was a real sport). The gift he got me: The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a young adult novel about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a community that is not at all like ours. They adhere to a life of Sameness, not understanding that differences even exist. In order to maintain Sameness, the climate is controlled and always ...the same. The people's skin color, hair color, are all ...the same. Their futures are planned, their learning is planned, their parents and families are planned... everything is exactly the SAME.But then, at a ceremony, Jonas is given his job to become the Receiver, the one person in the community who holds all the memories of generations, back and back and back. So he's the only one, excepting the previous Receiver, to know about snow, color, independence, music, etc.
The book was fascinating to read. I love young adult books with great messages, easy reading, fun characters and when you're done, it was just as satisfying as taking a good nap.
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