My favorite book of all time is The Giver by Lois Lowry. You can go read a thousand reviews to get a synopsis of the plot. I’m not going to provide that here.
Why is The Giver my favorite book? I read it when I was still in elementary school. This book ROCKED MY WORLD. It helped me appreciate—really appreciate—life and living. It helped me realize that there was a bigger world than met my narrow view. I truly understood at a tender age how pain, relationships, families, laughter, communication, love, tears, and life are all precious treasures to be cherished and fought for. I apprehended that history and world events were about real people suffering or exulting.
I have 6 nieces and nephews, and my Christmas tradition for years has been to give them books. I was so excited when I finally gave my oldest niece and nephew each a copy of The Giver. If the book spoke to them as powerfully as it did to me, I was the most awesome aunt on the planet for sharing such a glorious piece of literature with them. I can’t wait to share it with the others.
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