Book Excerpt for the Day

    “It isn’t fair that nothing has color!”

    “Not fair?”  The Giver looked at Jonas curiously.  “Explain what you mean.”

    “Well . . .”  Jonas had to stop and think it through.  “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices!  I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!  A blue tunic, or a red one?”

    He looked down at himself, at the colorless fabric of his clothing.  “But it’s all the same, always.”

    Then he laughed a little.  “I know it’s not important, what you wear.  It doesn’t matter.  But –“

    “It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it?” The Giver asked him.

    (from The Giver by Lois Lowry)

    9½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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