In this book, the Giver, an old man gives all the memories of a world such as ours to a boy named Jonah. In this world there is no color, love, or twins, and the babies and children are bred by special people who have the job of birthmother. They then are adopted away. Everybody in the town has a special but awkward job. The giver tells Jonah of a place such as our normal …showed first 75 words of 321 total…

…showed last 75 words of 321 total…into a normal world at the end of the book. The rest of the book, is about the visions that Jonah has, and explains how the "Giver," is the keeper of memories from the village from hundreds of years ago. The ending of the book is somewhat uncertain, since you dont know if Jonah makes it out of a desert into a new, better world, or if the whole thing is a mirage, to Jonah.