Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 428
EAN: 9780007111824
ISBN: 0007111827
Label: Collins Educational
Manufacturer: Collins Educational
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: March 20, 2001
Publisher: Collins Educational
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 3116493
Studio: Collins Educational
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Thought-provoking and well-written
I did not read this book until my mid-forties, but I would have enjoyed it at any age past about seven or eight.
Story: Jonas is twelve, and has grown up in a community where there is no crime, no violence, no poverty, and no misery. All of that has been methodically eliminated, in an attempt to create ultimate peace, harmony, and happiness. Everything is very well-organized and planned out. Couples are matched together based upon very good reasons, founded in the community's goals. ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Series
Lois Lowry is one of those unique authors who has won the John Newbery Medal for children's literature twice. Once for the first book in this trilogy and once for a book about the Holocaust called Number the Stars. (Just as an aside only one other author has ever done that Madeleine L'Engle who I would also recommend highly.) I would begin by recommending any of her books; they are all worth the time and the effort. This trilogy is set in a post apocalyptic world. The first two books each focus on ... Read More
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