The twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a peaceful community that seems ideal: hunger, pain, and war have been eliminated, both from life and from people's memories. The necessities of survival are guaranteed for everyone.

Jonas could never have thought that something was wrong in his world, that the cost of all this could be terrible. However, when he is chosen as the next Keeper of Memory and meets the Giver, he discovers that the community in which he lives is not as perfect as it seems.

The Giver is the most significant book by Lois Lowry. It has been honored with prestigious awards, such as the Newbery Medal. It is a classic landmark book in the genre of dystopian science fiction, having sold over 12 million copies worldwide and has been designated by the School Library Journal as one of the best young adult novels of all time.