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//The Giver// by Lois Lowry Reviewed by Eden Submitted January 2, 2012 //The Giver//, by Lois Lowry, is about a boy named Jonas. Jonas is just an ordinary boy in his community. He has two parents, like everybody else. He has one sister, like everybody else. He has a pretty simple and easy life, like everybody else. And Jonas is nervous, like everybody else in his age group because the Ceremony of the Twelves is very soon. In the Ceremony of the Twelves, him, his friends Asher and Fiona, and the other Twelves will go up on the stage and be given jobs. Jonas knows he shouldn't be worried, that the comitee almost always matches everybody with their ideal career. And if Jonas didn't like his assignment, he could always put in an appeal for a different one. But he's never known anyone who has been unhappy with their job. Nevertheless, Jonas and his other classmates are still very apprehensive when the Ceremony begins. Jonas watches as Fiona gets assigned as Caretaker of the Old, and Asher as the Recreation Director of Sixes. Jonas gets ready for his number to be called, smoothing back his hair, wondering what his job will be. But then, (guess what?), Jonas is skipped! The boy next to him is called, then the next kid, then the next, and on and on and on. Jonas is alarmed. What has he done wrong? home ejking