This week, we discuss Lois Lowry’s The Giver!

In this episode, we read and watched:

• The original novel, originally published in 1993. Buy it on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 2014 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, and Jeff Bridges. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.

Footnotes:

• The Island (2005)
• The Weinstein Company
• Walden Media
• “I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
• Screenwriters Robert B. Weide and Michael Mitnick
• Pleasantville (1998)
• Stellar Skateboard
• The Giver panel at San Diego Comic Con 2014
• The Giver trailer on YouTube
• Baraka and Samsara