Before Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior, and dozens of other teenage characters began raging against dystopian machines, there was a 12-year-old kid named Jonas—protagonist of The Giver, a slim novel ...

Before the Hunger Games, before Divergent, before young adult dystopia became the next big thing, Lois Lowry published "The Giver." It's the story of a seemingly utopian society where there is no ...

Since its release in 1993, The Giver has been one of the most controversial books in American schools. Between 1990 and 1999, The Giver ranked 11 th on the list of the books most frequently requested ...

There are few books from childhood that permanently shape the minds and hearts of the individuals who read it. When it was published twenty years ago, Lois Lowry’s The Giver inspired an entire ...

Jeff Bridges (left) produces and stars as the title character in The Giver, alongside Australian actor Brenton Thwaites, who plays Jonas, his young apprentice. The Giver is the first film rendition of ...

Watch a clip from the film "The Giver," starring Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, and Meryl Streep. Photo/Video: The Weinstein Company A little late to the dystopia party, "The Giver" directed by ...

There are two things I’m convinced I’ll go to hell for: tossing recycling in the trash and not writing thank-you notes. When it comes to the latter, a grateful recipient of an experience, gift card or ...

Lois Lowry's The Giver, the mother of all dystopian young-adult fiction titles, is rising on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in anticipation of the movie adaptation, opening Aug. 15. It's No. 26.

Stella Clark-Kaczmarek is Jonas and Giovanni Rivera is her father in "The Giver," a play about a dystopian future that's now onstage at the Omaha Community Playhouse. From left, Giovanni Rivera, ...