content: I recently read this book for my middle school library college class and was completely engrossed! In high school my favorite book that the school made us read was 1984 and The Giver was very similiar.I remember when this book came out and I saw the cover and thought it was a "boys book." I didn't know what the big fuss was about and didn't want to read a book about an old man. I wish that I had looked past the cover and read then because I LOVED this book.