The Giver

I am reading a book called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. The book has 224 pages. Lois Lowry is also the author of "Number the Stars". The book is about an eleven year old boy named Jonas who lives in a community that has a lot of rules and controls everything you do. In this community life is perfect. There is no war, no hunger and no pain. Jonas is happy enough with his life as part of "the community", but when he gets a job as the receiver of memory he starts discovering more about the community he is part of and starts finding out dark secrets about it. "The Giver" is set in a Utopian society in the future. The mood of the book is suspenseful. Through the eyes of an eleven year old boy we learn about the world, where there is no music, emotion, individuality and freedom of choice. There is no pain but there in no pleasure. Jonas rebels against the society and the reader is kept in suspense.