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Title: For Readers12 and under Only
Review: Written at a 6th grade reading level, The Giver has very little literary or stylistic value. It is filled with cliched rhetoric such as "intelligence" "integrity", "courage", and "wisdom" -- words fit for a middle school graduation. Lowry creates a futuristic world that seems too much like a follow up of Orwell's *1984*, and is really a very bland version of *Brave New World*. The themes and ideas can hardly be called original. Though for a children's book, it is quite valuable in its effective warning against modern society's trend toward regimentation and sterilization. As for anyone over 12 years of age, read Brave New World if you want intellectual stimulation.
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