The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Suicide
- Needles
- Infanticide
- Drowning mentioned
- War & battle mentioned
- Animal death