Fantasy!

The Giver was probably the first book of any length that i actually read from beginning to end and it rocked my world.  You know a book is good when you can remember where you were  when you finished it.  I was in middle school in my basement at home up against the hamper reading with out any ability to stop myself completely lost in the magic of the story and suspense.  Reading it now almost 13 years later it was till magic and incredibly nostalgic so many details I had forgotton even why i had loved it so much i had forgotten it was like getting completely reaquainted wiht an old friend not to mention i was reminded of how i had responded to different parts of the book when i was younger.  I was hearing my 12 year old thoughts replaying in my head agian it was soo cool.  The twisted society that the main charecter Jonas is apart of is basically an ideal utopia deviod of all meaningful experince and feeling. 

    This idea that they are all sheep and no one actually makes any real decisions but Jonas is the one in the society designated as the Reciever who gets to have all the painfull memories that society wants to do with out, Teens would love this story because you really connect with Jonas because he feels like an outcast with the burden of being able to see everything different from everyone else and the bearer of a difficult burden that he alone must cary which is very fitting for most teens who find their own lives uniquely excruciating.  I loved this book when i was young and had even more appreciation for it now as an adult with a literary young adult lens onit and would highly recomend it to any young person who hastn been able to find a book they actually want to read.