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- The Best Dystopian BooksReading list
The Giver is a dystopia, which is a type of science fiction. The book is about a society that appears to be perfect but is actually very controlled. The people in this society do not have any freedom and they are not allowed to experience emotions. The author, Lois Lowry, is known for writing books that deal with…
- Sara SeagerInterview
One of the best books I have ever read is The Giver by Lois Lowry. This book describes a futuristic utopian society through the eyes of a boy, who, coming of age, discovers his world might be the opposite of what it appears. The Giver reminds us in an eye-opening way to take a good look beyond our cultural blinkers…
- Sakinah HoflerInterview
The Giver by Lois Lowry. I’ve read this book every year since I was a teenager. When I was younger, I saw it as a world that had solved a lot of society’s problems and it made me question if Jonas’s world was better than the one we live in. As an adult, I realized it was much deeper than that; this is a world wherein…
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