Blog #18 Anticipating The Giver

The Giver was my all time favorite book after I read it in seventh grade.  I am SO excited to read it again.  When I read it, I remember thinking how advanced it was for a children's book.  I had friends who read it in fifth grade, which I believe is the audience it was written for, and I think that age is way to young to understand all the meaning behind this book.  As a seventh grader, I remember being very disturbed at some of the parts, especially about the birthmothers and the "stirrings".  I'm very anxious to read it at this age and see how it affects me.