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1) The giver
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Giver quartet volume 1
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
2) The Giver
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[2014]
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The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
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Giver quartet graphic novels volume 1
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HarperCollins
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2019
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The Giver is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time.
Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations.
Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than forty...
Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal–winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P. Craig Russell's beautifully haunting illustrations.
Placed on countless reading lists, translated into more than forty...
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HarperCollins
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2014
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This omnibus ebook contains Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning The Giver plus the acclaimed three companion books in the series.
This first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume collection includes unabridged editions of the complete Giver Quartet series: The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
Enter this dystopian, futuristic world through all four of these books on a page-turning dystopian journey.
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...5) The giver
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Giver quartet graphic novels volume 1
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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[2019]
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Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.
6) Messenger
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Giver quartet volume 3
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In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
7) The Giver
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Will Bailey and Timothy discover a love worth waiting for this Christmas?Returning home for the holidays is bittersweet for Bailey Miller. While she loves her mother and stepvatter's family and wants to spend time with them, she knows she'll inevitably run into Timothy Stoltzfoos-the man who betrayed her and broke her heart. Although Timothy's available now, she's not interested. At least, that's what she tells her traitorous heart. She's promised...
8) The Giver
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Jonas vive in un mondo perfetto, dove non esistono guerre né fame né dolore. Tutto è meticolosamente organizzato, e a dodici anni ogni cittadino riceve l'incarico cui è destinato.
Finché alla Cerimonia dei Dodici Jonas viene scelto come nuovo Portatore di Ricordi, un ruolo unico nella comunità. Addestrato dal Donatore, il ragazzo scoprirà l'esistenza di un passato sconosciuto, di cui rivivrà gli orrori, ma anche tutto ciò che è stato sacrificato...
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Giver quartet volume 2
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Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
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"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium. Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a...
11) Son
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Giver quartet volume 4
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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How do I find peace with God? Or freedom from guilt? What hope is there for the future? How can I be sure of God's love for me? Paul answers these questions (and more) in his letter to the Romans, a letter that has given comfort and hope to millions in the 2000 or so years since it was written, and has transformed the lives of many, including such great reformers as St Augustine, Martin Luther, and John Wesley. 'The Giver of Peace' is a book of reflections...
13) El dador
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La comunidad donde vive Jonas es idílica. Es un mundo sin conflicto, sin desigualdad, sin desempleo, sin dolor...pero tanbién sin elección. A los ciudadanos se les asigna una pareja y un trabajo. Nadie hace preguntas. Todo el mundo obedece. Excepto Jonas. Al cumplir doce años, es seleccionado para desempeñar un trabajo muy especial, y comienza a recibir lecciones de un misterioso anciano conocido como el Dador. Poco a poco, Jonas aprenderá que...
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Now a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Brenton Thwaites
This first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume collection includes unabridged editions of the Newbery Medal—winning The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. Lois Lowry's groundbreaking dystopian series comes alive in a single volume. An affordable addition to the shelves of teen fans and collectors alike.
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"An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of causes. David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players and the ways they are converting the fortunes of a second...
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For many people, fundraising has become a dirty word. Conjuring images of guilt-inducing gimmickry, the predominant model saps the joy from both the donor and the receiver. But what if fundraising has the potential to be good for the giver, not just the recipient? What if it's about love and service, not just "What's in it for me?" These are the questions that Peter Greer, president and CEO of Hope International, and David Weekley, one of America's...
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Virgil and Mary Knox live with open hearts and open hands. They are being conformed into the image of the Giver, Jesus Christ, through their obedience to Him. Their story of giving and serving will challenge you to do the same.
Chuck Bentley, CEO, CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES What would it be like if you gave away a whole year's income? Virgil Knox found out when he chose to obey God full-out. Through his newfound joy of giving and subsequent construction...
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Her new world full of monsters, Lera faces a choice:Stay with her family but under a new set of rules,risk getting by alone,or take on another, more terrifying adventure.Escaping Capelo and all its troubles, Lera and her family immediately discover even more lies and uncertainty. Here on the mainland, there are rules as well, and they aren't as clear as what the islanders are used to.Most importantly though, The Giver wasn't alone.Learning of other...
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Everyone knows there are rules on Capelo Island:
Obey the will of the Giver.
Never leave the island.
Don't ask questions.
Since the death of her Father, Lera hasn't obeyed a single one, and nothing bad has happened…so far. Lera tries to convince her sister, Niena, it will be fine. After all, the Giver isn't real, right?
Then Niena disappears.
Lera will do anything to find her sister, even playing a role in the culture she despises....
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