Is The Giver appropriate for 6th grade?

NOT For Elementary & Middle Schoolers.
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What grade level is the giver appropriate for?

This book's Lexile measure is 760L and is frequently taught in the 6th to 8th grade. Students in these grades should be reading texts that have reading demand of 925L through 1185L to be college and career ready by the end of Grade 12.
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Is the giver movie appropriate for 6th grade?

This movie is NOT for children under 15.
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Is the giver a good book for 7th graders?

This book is good for kids about 10 and up.
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Can 11 year olds read The Giver?

He is breaking the rules to try protect a life. This book is an interesting dystopian novel if you are an adult: I don't think this book is ok to read as a 10 or 11 year old! I've seen this book recommended to 5th graders too. I would maybe suggest this book for 13+ and with an adult guidance/discussion group.
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Is The Giver on a banned book list?

Although intended for tween and teen readers, it easily appeals to adult readers as well, and Jonas' experiences are full of good discussion topics. The Giver has been banned or challenged in various schools at times due to the potentially difficult topics it brings up including infanticide, suicide and euthanasia.
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Is The Giver rated R?

The Giver is rated PG-13 for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence. Violence: Soldiers on the battlefield are afraid. They shoot and kill one another. (Gun shots are shown, but no blood.)
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Why is The Giver rated M?

The Giver is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence.
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Is The Giver in Netflix?

Watch The Giver | Netflix.
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What happens at age 11 in The Giver?

In the Ceremony of Eleven, female and male Elevens are given new clothing as their bodies are going through puberty. The males are given special calculators to use in school, which come in a wrapped package.
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Why is The Giver so controversial?

The Giver's social critique has resulted in controversy and multiple attempts to ban it from schools. Lowry includes mentions of sex, infanticide, suicide, starvation, and euthanasia in order to show the power of the book's main themes of suffering and individuality.
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Is there a giver 2?

And today, his saga (and Gabe's) finally comes to an end with the release of Son, the first direct sequel to The Giver. The novel travels back to the community Jonas fled to tell the story of Claire — a 14-year-old girl drafted to be a Birthmother who finds that she, too, cannot live in a society devoid of love.
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What is Jonas's birth number in The Giver movie?

Jonas's number was 19 in the novel, 52 in the film.
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How old is Jonas in The Giver?

Jonas. The eleven-year-old protagonist of The Giver. Sensitive and intelligent, with strange powers of perception that he doesn't understand, Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory for his community when he turns twelve.
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Is The Giver movie scary?

The violent revelations are disturbing, especially ugly truths about what it means when citizens (including a baby) are "released into Elsewhere," but the movie isn't nearly as violent as comparable movies like The Hunger Games or Divergent.
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How is The Giver inappropriate?

The movie is based on young adult fiction with themes and disturbing scenes that make it unsuitable for most children under 15 years, although younger children might have read the book.
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Why do parents want to ban The Giver?

The most frequently cited reasons to challenge The Giver have been “Violence” and claims that the book is “Unsuited to [the] Age Group”—or in other words that it's too dark for children.
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Is The Giver read in school?

The Giver is one of the books you probably read as a kid, somewhere between late elementary or middle school and early high school, depending on your school and curriculum.
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What happens if twins were born in the community?

What happens to twins born into the community? They do not exist in the community. They are given to one family.
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Do Jonas and Fiona kiss in The Giver book?

4) Jonas doesn't kiss Fiona in the book

But in the book, he doesn't really act on his Stirrings toward Fiona, probably because, well, he's only a Twelve.
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Is Jonas mentioned in gathering blue?

Jonas is the main protagonist in The Giver and a secondary character in Messenger and Son; he was only mentioned in Gathering Blue. At the start of the series, he was selected as the Receiver of Memory.
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Does Jonas see Fiona again?

But Lowry says the film itself isn't consumed by the relationship between Jonas and Fiona, except for a line in the final scene in which Jonas says, "I knew I would see Fiona again." "I've written four books now (in this series) and he never sees her again," Lowry tells The News.
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Is gathering blue connected to The Giver?

Gathering Blue is a young adult-dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and was published on September 25, 2000. A companion book to The Giver (1993), it is set in the same future time period and universe, treats some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger (2004) and Son (2012) in The Giver Quartet.
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Are The Giver books connected?

The Giver series is a four-book series written by Lois Lowry. It is a dystopian science fiction series for young adults. Unlike other book series, the books are very loosely connected, and do not have the same character as the main character in each book.
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Why The Giver is one of the most banned books in America?

The most frequently cited reasons to challenge "The Giver" have been “violence” and claims that the book is “unsuited to [the] age group”— or in other words that it's too dark for children.
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