The Giver - Lois Lowry

The Giver is told by the main prodigy, Jonas's, point of view. Jonas can't seem to relate to his world. His world is called The Community. Everything is Perfect, and everything is the same. There is no pain, there are no problems. Nothing is wrong, but everything is wrong. There isn't any anger, or frustration, or any of the bad stuff, but there is also no happiness, no smiles and no love. Your parents most likely married for love, right? It doesn't work that way in The Community. When you turn twelve, you go to a ceremony where you are told what you will be doing for the rest of your life. Once you get to a certain age, they pair you up with a compatable partner to raise two kids. No more, no less. But they aren't even yours. And the cycle repeats. The children never even get to see their biological parents, because they are given birth to by birth mothers. They spend their life just reproducing.
Not so perfect now, is it?
The Community is perfect, in a sense, and everything there is gray. The clothes are gray, the grass is gray, the food is gray, and the people are gray. Imagine eating a gray apple?
Well, that's where it all starts. Jonas starts learning all about the truth of his so called perfect world. He rushes to save the life of another from a horrible fate and whether or not he succeeds depends on whether or not you end up reading this book.
Have you ever read a book where you have felt so empathetic that you had a gut-wretching, on the verge of tears, heart-aching feeling? Have you every felt so intune with the book that it felt like you were the book, whatever was happening in it was really happening to you in your room, or whatever strange place you find yourself reading in?
This book is a must read. An extreme must read. I'm encouraging you to read this book as much as I would encourage you to eat eel shushi. Why? Because you won't regret it. This is one of the books that I encourage everyone to read. So go out and try to find it.