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If any YA book should be required reading for people of all ages, it’s The Giver. Published in 1993, Lois Lowry’s hallowed masterpiece has stood the test of time. It might be even more relevant — and more inspiring — today than ever before. Twelve-year-old Jonas’ world is one of peace, security, and order, and it’s the only life he’s ever known. But everything changes when the Ceremony of Twelve comes to pass, and Jonas is assigned to be the future Receiver of Memory — the single person upon whom all of the memories of the past are given. Becoming the Receiver of Memory will mean coming face-to-face with the “sameness” that the elders in his fragile community so fiercely protect, and confronting an unspeakable question: where exactly does the line fall between a utopia and a dystopia?