Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
I had never read The Giver before (I know, you don't have to say anything) and people who recommended it were worried that I wouldn't like it because it held some sentimental value of reading it while they were young. That is a bold faced lie, and this was better than most books I have read. Ever.
