The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.


故事发生在一个看似非常完美的社会里，在这里人们的生活都被安排得井井有条，没有战争，没有病痛，伤害，而这个世界里也没有记忆、感情、颜色以及音乐，他们只拥有最基本的生活需求。但是却有一个人例外，也就是少年乔纳斯，他被选中从被称为“赐予者”的老人那里接受训练，一个人去承担整个社会该有的记忆。