The Giver (illustrated; gift edition)
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A Newbery Medal–winning classic is reinvented in a gift edition format with illustrations from the acclaimed artist Bagram Ibatoulline.
Since winning the Newbery Medal in 1994, Lois Lowry’s The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time.This new illustrated edition, a celebration of the book’s standard of excellence and of Lowry’s illustrious writing, makes a perfect gift. The text is complemented by thirteen The Giver is the first in the trilogy of books that includes Gathering Blue and The Messenger .
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In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community’s Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World , in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.
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Wringer Overviews He was not aware that he ever stopped crying.In his sleep a voice echoed down the long dark barrel of a cannon: You have run out of birthdays. In the morning he awoke suddenly to a flutter of wings.
Birthdays are an obsession where Palmer comes from, but if turning a year older means initiation into a violent practice he despises, he’d rather not. Unfortunately, Palmer cannot stop time any more than he can change tradition. So as this next and most important birthday approaches, Palmer knows that it’s now or never. Something must be done.
Wringer Specifications Wringer should be shelved along with Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War . Nine-year-old Palmer dreads his upcoming 10th birthday. In his town, when boys are 10 years old they become “wringers,” the boys who wring the necks of wounded pigeons at the annual Pigeon Day shoot. Palmer is sickened by the whole event. To make matters worse, his new buddies–Beans, Mutto, and Henry–have just discovered that Palmer has been hiding a pet pigeon in his room. What will Palmer do? Will he become a wringer to save face, or will he follow his heart? Wringer will appeal to preteens and younger teens who love to read suspenseful books on their own, but it would also be a good story to read aloud to spark discussion about the perils and nuances of peer pressure.
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A Collection Of 3 Newbery Medal Winners: “M.C Higgins, the Great”, “Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH”, and “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”
A Collection Of 3 Newbery Medal Winners: “M.C Higgins, the Great”, “Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH”, and “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”
Here is a wonderful gift for any young reader–a boxed set of three highly acclaimed, immensely popular Newbery Medal-winning books. The set includes M.C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton; From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg; and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien. …Read more
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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
The works covered in CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners are a reflection of the society in which they were written. A recurring theme in the novels that won the Newbery Medal Award in the 1990s, regardless of the time period in which they were set, is the interdependence of people. Other significant themes that appear as a common thread are friendship and family, courage and bravery, and the dilemmas of adolescents struggling to become adults.
With plenty of background information about each author, plot synopses, character maps, and in-depth analysis of characters and themes CliffsNotes 1990s Newbery Medal Winners is your ticket to understanding and enjoying all of the following novels:
Holes , by Louis SacharOut of the Dust, by Karen HesseThe View from Saturday , by Elaine Lobl KonigsburgThe Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen CushmanWalk Two Moons, by Sharon CreechThe Giver, by Lois LowryMissing May, by Cynthia RylantShiloh , by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorManiac Magee, by Jerry SpinelliNumber the Stars, by Lois Lowry
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