[iframe id=”https://screen.yahoo.com/giver-trailer-2-155006166.html?format=embed&player_autoplay=false” autoplay=”no”] The Giver is the first Young Adult book I remember reading. It’s got everything you’d want from a current bestseller (post-apocalyptic world, conspiracies, euthanasia) and mixes it all together within an intentionally blase world devoid of color. It’s pretty brilliant. In case you forgot, the story’s about Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a kid […]
Taylor Swift to co-star in film adaptation of The Giver
Photo by Virgil Solis The Giver was one of those children’s literature books that aimed to be more than just that. Lois Lowry’s 1993 novel was about a dystopian town in which its citizens embraced “Sameness” that allowed them to simply live without any emotional depth. The Ceremony of Twelve is a commemoration of every […]